A automotive flipped onto it is roof on a busy Scots street earlier than the driving force failed an eyesight check. Emergency providers raced to the A1 close to the junction with Newcraighall Highway in Edinburgh shortly after 12.05pm on Tuesday, July 27.
Officers attended earlier than discovering the careless driver may solely learn a registration plate from an astonishingly quick 3.05m. The authorized requirement is 20m.
Fortunately, the driving force was remarkably unhurt by the crash. Cops seized their license earlier than reporting them to the DVLA.
Cops shortly closed the street off following the incident however it was reopened quickly after.
A submit from Highway Policing Scotland on Twitter learn: "#DalkeithRP attended a automobile on its roof on the A1. The motive force was unhurt and topic to a roadside eye check.
"Officers found the driving force may solely learn a registration plate from a distance of three.05m (requirement is 20m). Driving licence was surrendered & DVLA notified."
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: "We had been made conscious of a crash involving a single automobile on the A1 close to the junction with Newcraighall Highway in Edinburgh shortly after 12.05pm on Tuesday, July 26.
"Emergency providers attended and the street was closed however reopened quickly after."
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