DRIVERS heading the wrong way up a one-way street have been caught on camera in Wokingham, leading to concerns that the junction is not properly signposted.
Shocked driver Steve Ross caught no less than four vehicles heading the wrong way up Station Road on his dashboard camera in less than one minute on Monday evening.
The direction of the road recently changed when the Station Hill development was completed, meaning there are now two lanes of traffic heading down the hill from the Reading Road towards Barkham Road, with traffic heading up from the hospital forced left towards the station.
But a lack of ‘no entry’ signs at the junction has led to a number of vehicles not realising the change, and heading into the path of on-coming traffic.
Posting on social media site StreetLife, Mr Ross said: “Unbelievably in the space of 20 seconds you can see four vehicles going straight across from Barkham Road and straight up Station Road, instead of turning left into the Station Link Road.
“Looking at the video, I can see that a couple of these “drivers” tapped their brakes, when they saw the on-coming vehicles, but they still soldiered on regardless! There happened to be a PCSO on the Barkham Road side of the crossing, but he looked a bit dumbstruck, just as I was!
“Many other people are also expressing concerns and pointing out that someone to put up the ‘No Entry’ signs. It has got to be corrected ASAP.”
Wokingham Borough Council’s executive member for planning and highways, Cllr John Kaiser said: “It meets all safety regulations but we will continue to monitor it to make any improvements over and above.”
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