A car flipped onto it's roof on a busy Scots road before the driver failed an eyesight test. Emergency services raced to the A1 near the junction with Newcraighall Road in Edinburgh shortly after 12.05pm on Tuesday, July 27.
Officers attended before discovering the careless driver could only read a registration plate from an astonishingly short 3.05m. The legal requirement is 20m.
Thankfully, the driver was remarkably uninjured by the crash. Cops seized their license before reporting them to the DVLA.
Cops quickly closed the road off following the incident but it was reopened soon after.
A post from Road Policing Scotland on Twitter read: "#DalkeithRP attended a vehicle on its roof on the A1. The driver was uninjured and subject to a roadside eye test.
"Officers discovered the driver could only read a registration plate from a distance of 3.05m (requirement is 20m). Driving licence was surrendered & DVLA notified."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We were made aware of a crash involving a single vehicle on the A1 near the junction with Newcraighall Road in Edinburgh shortly after 12.05pm on Tuesday, July 26.
"Emergency services attended and the road was closed but reopened soon after."
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