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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
James Holt

Hilarious excuses given to police after drivers take illegal turn in city centre

Drivers have been giving hilarious excuses to police after they were spotted taking an illegal right turn in Manchester.

Police shared the image of the 'no right turn' signs, at the junction of Hanover Street in Manchester city centre. In the space of an hour on Thursday night, six people were reported for taking the 'illegal turn'.

Sharing the excuses given by drivers, police said 'the passenger asked me to' and 'the sat nav said to' were among the excuses. The funniest one of the lot?... "My father used to be able to in the 1970s!"

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Tweeting about the road blunders on Thursday night, GMP's City Centre division said: "The junction of Hanover Street has a “No Right Turn” sign where it meets Shudehill. Six drivers reported in the last hour for taking the illegal turn.

"Excuses given - the passenger asked me to, the sat nav said to and my father used to be able to in the 1970’s"

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