A DANGER driver has been condemned by a “gobsmacked” pensioner who captured an illegal manoeuvre on a roundabout in a Bradford village on camera.

A dashcam belonging to the 66-year-old motorist caught the moment the driver joined a roundabout on the wrong side of the road and veered across to an exit on the other side.

The pensioner who captured the frightening incident said the driver narrowly avoided a crash with a vehicle coming the other way.

The drama happened at Clayton roundabout, where Bradford Road meets Town End Road, The Avenue and Green End.

The pensioner, who did not want to be named, said: “I’m really keen for these kind of of drivers to be brought to task.

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“I was just driving along towards the roundabout in Clayton. I was not even aware there was anyone behind me - I was in the car with my grandson just chatting.

“Just as we approached the roundabout, this car came past on the wrong side of the road and cut across the roundabout.

“I was just gobsmacked. My grandson was gobsmacked as well.

“A car had to take evasive action. If that car coming down The Avenue had been further down, there could have been a bad crash.

“I cannot imagine why anyone would drive like that.”

The man, a retired lecturer who lives in Clayton, said: “It happens so many times in Bradford. That is why we bought a dashcam.

“We got it at Christmas and I was glad we had it. I have had lots of incidents across Bradford and I thought ‘great, I have got this guy’.

“I just cannot understand why people drive like that. I have watched it through several times and I still cannot believe it.

“For the sake of being a couple of seconds further on. It is beyond words really.”

The footage has been passed to West Yorkshire Police. The force’s Operation Steerside - which has caught 7,203 dangerous drivers in a year - is cracking down on motorists who break the law in Bradford district.

On the district’s driving standards, the man added: “I think it is horrendous. Just about every time you go out, you see some sort of incident, particularly queue-jumping. That sort of thing is regular - they don’t want to wait.”

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