• DamionCz , 20, drove four miles the v/rong way down the hard shoulder
• Madę the reckless manoeuvre after realising he did not have £5.50 for the toll
• Pole had only been in Britain a few days before the incident ty SAM ADAMS
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Most motorists avoid p9ying ro9d tolls by taking altemative routes to their intended destinations.
But one Polish driver, who hgd only been in Britain a few d9ys. dedded to t9<e another sption - doing 9 U-turn 9t the toll booth and jriving the wrong way down the busy motorway.
Reckless Damion Cz . 20. turned around in :he middle of the M6 before driving the wrong vay because he didn t have enough money to 39y the charge. 9 court heard.
-ie was picked up by polioe in his Skoda between unctionssix and seven ne9r Brownhills. 5t9ffordshire. on the morning of August 23.
Zz was banned from driving 9fter he
:areered down the hard shoulder for four miles in :he wrong direction in busy rush hour trafficx
\fter being pulled over. Cz .. who was jriving a rental car from Manchester to 9 XiStomer in the South of England. daimed he iad ended up on the toll road by mista<e and 3id not ha^e any money to pay the £5.5-0 fee.
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He said he realised he was going in the wrong