Watch heart-stopping moment angry driver slams on brakes in front of lorry on motorway

 
Hair-raising: the moment the driver slams on the brakes in front of the lorry
Standard Reporter2 January 2015

This is the heart-stopping moment an angry driver slams on the brakes in front of a lorry while travelling on a motorway.

Footage of the incident, captured by a dash-board camera fitted to a 7.5-tonne lorry, was released by police.

It shows the driver managing to avoid the Citroen car by a matter of inches on the M5 motorway.

Filmed last August, the video has been released by West Midlands Police to promote one of six suggested New Year's resolutions for crooks and criminals.

The Citroen driver, who has not been named, performed the highly dangerous manoeuvre with his wife in the passenger seat.

He later admitted dangerous driving after being shown the footage, and was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work.

The offending motorist was also handed a 12-month ban and forced to re-take his driving test.

Other New Year's resolutions issued by the West Midlands Police include advice not to shine laser pens at helicopters, and to refrain from emulating a man who called 999 to query the ingredients of a Big Mac.

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