Intelligence officer ‘confused by British road signs’ crashed car leaving woman with broken bones

US intelligence soldier crashed into nurse ‘after getting confused by British road signs’



by Metro-UK

28 comments

  1. Military intelligence: so bound to be easily confused.

  2. Intelligence officer gets regularly confused by road signs…lol. Probably has socks with right and left on them. 

  3. It’s a single-carriage A-road with dozens of 50 signs on the side. There’s nothing to be confused about there. This bloke wasn’t confused, he was being an absolute twat.

  4. He pulled a Sakoolas, he is not going to be extradited and nothing is going happen

  5. Not sure what the point in extraditing him is as he will only get a slap on the wrist.

    Though it’s pretty bizarre that Americans keep fleeing the country after they crash into people, it’s not as if the Uk has a reputation for being hard on criminals lol.

    The woman that killed harry Dunn only got a suspended sentence that couldn’t even be enforced as she was in America.

  6. What is it with American spooks coming over here and trying to murder our road users??

  8. We’re going to need to start refusing bail to US army staff if this keeps happening

  9. We should have a new policy. All US military personnel in the UK are to be considered flight risks if arrested, denied bail, and placed on remand until their trial.

  10. Not confused, just driving dangerously and pulled the easiest excuse out of the hat when confronted on it.

  12. I was very angry about the sakoolas incident. There is no way they’re leaving their posting without official US permission. Rather than making them sit a driving test, we should be asking them to vacate. It’s no different to any other “visitor” committing a crime. It’s also disconcerting that someone on police bail can just get on a fucking flight.

  13. He was driving on the wrong side of the road. Hardly the fault of confusing signs.

  14. Can anyone explain to me why we don’t have in this country any test for foreign license holders to be able to drive on our roads?

  15. We have a ‘special’ relationship with the US where they can just murder people and get away with it.

  16. Of course he’s American and was her on a military basis..getting a bit of Deja Vu here.

  17. I’m glad we have such amazing military intelligence officers working for the country getting confused by road traffic signs lol should be immediately dismissed just for the embarrassment to the country

  18. I don’t think Americans should be allowed to drive.

  19. Having to daily drive in areas with loads of US drivers I can 100% attest that the minority ruin it for the majority.

    Sure, some drive cars that are the size of small nations, some _really_ do enjoy still using LHD imports rather than RHD cars – fair enough. Most drive really well, obey the laws and that’s that.

    But just like with Sakoolas I’m _terrified_ of what could happen someday, when someone is put at risk and regardless of age or anything else, based on nothing more than their job role someone can literally escape absolutely _any_ “justice” whatsoever for the consequences of literally _killing someone_ due to what can only be considered negligence, selfishness, incompetence and/or stupidity.

    Overseas service personnel and/or government affiliated workers that are based overseas should still 100% be liable to face full consequences for these kinds of actions – if their knowledge and/or work means something amazing then just try and put them through a Military prison institution instead so it’s more secure, done and dusted.

  20. Americans essentially don’t need to know how to drive to get a licence, their “tests” are pretty much a joke, their licences should not be recognised in Europe

  21. When I went to work in the states I looked up the Oregon state driving manual and road signs before going. Most of American signs are pretty much the same (Give Way signs have “Yield” written on them), and even though the speed signs are a different shape it’s not like to had to work out from kph. Guy’s a scumbag liar and coward.

  22. He literally got a civilian flight back to the US days before his court hearing. Extradite the fuck out of him or end our extradition treaties with the US because they’re clearly not working.

  23. >Shortly after the incident, West Mercia Police said the suspect was not arrested due to requiring medical attention for serious injuries.

    I thought police could arrest someone but take them to hospital for treatment if needed, like handcuff to hospital bed stuff.

  24. US military personnel seem to make a habit of this around the world. Italy, Korea, Japan

  25. How on earth does this keep happening with US intelligence officers? They don’t seem to be very intelligent. If you’re not confident driving in foreign countries, either drive incredibly slowly until you are, or don’t drive at all.

  26. When America sends its drivers, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending drivers with lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us

  27. Time we stopped allowing US military to drive here. I live in Northamptonshire and it’s scary how terrible they are. Yet my US spouse (non-military) isn’t even allowed to drive here until she’s sat a test, because she passed hers in California. When asked, the DVLA told us it “was due to differing driving standards”

    Why do these military twats get a free pass then? And why are they allowed to flee the country?

    If we did that in the USA, you bet we’d be banged up until the trial.

  28. we should throw book at him but looks like someone beat us to it already with a face like that

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