Sheila Robertson, dubbed ‘Britain's slowest motorcyclist’, was so tired after a 12-hour trip she drove the wrong way down a major (A) road.
“On the stage of physical and mental exhaustion” according to her lawyer, Robertson led police (who only noticed her as she was 'riding so carefully') on the low-speed chase, finally turning the wrong way onto the central reservation of the A9 and then north on the southbound carriageway. She was finally stopped moments after she narrowly missed an oncoming car and burst into tears.
She took more than 12 hours to drive 260 miles between Liverpool and Perth at an average speed of just over 20 miles per hour. Motoring organisations say the journey can be safely made in just over five hours.
Robertson was banned from driving for six months and fined Ł250.
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