Damian George

A DUNEDIN man is calling for improved signs at a city motorway exit after narrowly avoiding a crash with a vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road. Ron Morris (56) said he came within a metre of a head-on collision on the Southern Motorway at Burnside recently, after he slammed on his brakes to avoid a car driving south in the northbound lane. It appeared the elderly driver, who also braked suddenly to avoid the collision, had entered the motorway on Main South Rd by turning left on to the motorway exit, he said. Mr Morris, who was shaken by the near miss, said improvements to the signage were needed to stop similar incidents.

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