You’ve slipped up there! Bizarre moment car suddenly spins 180-degrees on a roundabout for no apparent reason
- The Mazda 3 approached the roundabout in the Bughtlin area of Edinburgh
- As the car reaches the first junction the back of the vehicle loses all traction
- The dramatic footage was captured by IT technician Mark Morrell, 43
This is the bizarre moment a driver suddenly loses control and spins 180 degrees into the path of another car on a roundabout.
Dashcam footage from the car behind shows a blue Mazda 3 hatchback heading towards a slip road off the roundabout in Edinburgh.
However, suddenly it turns across the junction as its rear wheels appear to lose grip on the surface of the road in the Bughtlin area of the city.
The Mazda 3 approached the roundabout on the outskirts of Edinburgh on Friday afternoon
Without warning, the back of the car steps out and begins its spin through 180 degrees
It spins into the path of the other car but Mark Morrell, the driver of the car behind, swerves and avoids an impact.
Mr Morrell, an IT technician, was left baffled by the incident on March 12 and shared his dashcam footage on Facebook.
The 43-year-old said: ‘There could have been a spillage, but I never slid on my side of the road, nor did the cars behind on that side.
‘I did think he might have pulled the handbrake at first, but then you think people wouldn’t be so stupid.
‘I saw his face as I drove past and he didn’t look shocked or scared, more resigned to the fact he messed up. Like he expected it, or it has happened before.
‘It did slide very easily after the brakes locked so maybe there was a spillage.’
The footage was filmed by IT technician Mark Morrell, 43, who was driving behind the Mazda
Social media users speculated why the Mazda driver would lose control so dramatically when they didn’t appear to be driving too fast.
Some suggested it could have been down to diesel spilled on the surface, while others suggested it could have been a fault of the car and the tyres.