Dashcam Footage Shows Drunk Woman's Erratic Driving And Inevitable Crash
To highlight the dangers of drink driving, Sussex Police this week released the rather terrifying video above. It was captured by the dashcam of a Vauxhall Corsa being piloted by a drunk driver, and it’s particularly disturbing to watch.
We see the Corsa driver clipping kerbs, veering off the road and hitting a bush, charging through a residential area at 50mph, and finally slamming into a parked Audi A4 in Bexhill, East Sussex at nearly 40mph. It’s those final moments that are perhaps the most distressing - it looks as though the driver made no attempt to avoid the crash.
What’s not shown is the moment the driver - later identified as 41-year-old teacher Louise Willard - reversed away from the A4 and drove off. Willard - who somehow wasn’t injured in the wreck - stopped shortly after. Police were soon in attendance, and when breathalysed, Willard was found to be around three times over the legal limit.
She was found guilty of drink driving and failing to stop after the scene of an accident at Hasting Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday this week. Willard had her license taken away for two years and was sentenced to 150 hours of community service.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
150 hours of community service, if that were Australia she’d be locked up for 10 years and fined $50,000
Thats a surprisingly light sentance when you consider the driver is a teacher, a person of influence to children and teenagers, wouldnt be surprised if she lost her job though.
“I’ll be your substitute teacher today. Ms. Willard was driving drunk and crashed. Anyway…”
I don’t want to add oil to the fire, but the bmw driver forgot to indicate. While i do get that the drunk woman had limited reflexes, a normal state person would have used the info for sure
Poor corsa
I swear that people who have dashcams are the worst drivers and have them just so they can point at them and say “I’VE GOT YOU ON CAMERA!” when someone creeps past the speed limit.
Really? That’s it?
Thank god for speed cameras
If you drink and drive there should be a prison sentence. Your going to get someone killed or injured. It’s stupid and so are people
No words for this, other than that she could easily have seriously injured or killed others (not to mention herself) as a result of her driving. Two years ban isn’t nearly enough to discourage her from driving this wrecklessly in future