Watch driver use slingshot roundabout ‘hack’ which enrages drivers… before admitting ‘it’s not good morals’
THIS is the moment a driver uses the roundabout slingshot method to beat traffic – before admitting to viewers that “it’s not good morals”.
TikTok user jobbertok has become known for his slingshot videos, but the hack has divided opinion among viewers.
Jobber, from Newcastle, is seen in the middle lane overtaking a line of cars uses the nifty move to beat long roundabout queues.
Titled “this one is definitely not good morals, but time is money baby”, the clip ends with the motor whizz driving on an empty open road.
The slingshot involves using the right-hand lane to enter a roundabout before driving all the way round to exit at what would have been the first exit.
This saves drivers from having to wait in traffic as queues in the left-hand lane tail back from the junction.
Jobbertok has become famous for his catalogue of slingshot clips.
However, there is an ongoing debate about whether the practice is legal.
Guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service says that “misusing lanes to gain an advantage over other drivers” can be counted as “careless or inconsiderate driving”.
Graham Conway, from Select Car Leasing, told Yahoo News: “Careless or inconsiderate driving typically attracts a fixed penalty of £100 and three points on your licence.
“In more serious cases motorists will have to go to court where they could face higher penalties.
“It all boils down to whether your driving ‘falls below the standard expected of a competent and careful driver’.
“Slingshotting a roundabout – or ‘misusing lanes to gain an advantage over other drivers’ – could easily fall into this category.”
It comes after jobbertok posted a video of the same controversial move – but viewers spotted an obvious flaw.
Elsewhere, a woman shared how she became fed up with neighbours parking on her property – and successfully plotted her “petty” revenge.
The Reddit user, who doesn’t drive, had allowed her neighbour to use her parking spot for their vehicles.