Watch moment driver makes hasty motorway exit, costing them more than £2,000

The Star, Sheffield

The motorist was given three points on their licence, fined £1,538 and ordered to pay a £615 victim surcharge and £90 costs, said South Yorkshire Police.

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00:00This video captures the moment a driver makes a hasty exit off a motorway in

00:04South Yorkshire which ended up costing them more than £2,000. The

00:09motorist appears to miss the exit from the M18 onto the M1 near Sircroft,

00:13Drotherham before steering across the chevrons at the last moment to leave the

00:17motorway. The clip was shared by Chief Inspector Kevin Smith of South Yorkshire

00:21Police who said the motorist was eligible for a driving course but opted

00:26instead for a court hearing. When the driver appeared at Sheffield Magistrates

00:30Court on October the 4th this year he revealed they were given three points on

00:35their license, fined £1,538 in order to pay a £615 victim

00:41surcharge and £90 costs.

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