By Connor Boyd For Mailonline
Published: 23:27 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 23:28 GMT, 14 February 2019
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This is the astonishing moment a motorist is forced to swerve out of the way of a granny riding a scooter on a dual carriageway in the pitch black.
Nick Lloyd had just picked up wife Amanda in from work in Nottingham on Tuesday night at 7pm and was travelling home on the A52.
The 52-year-old had to swerve out of the way of the pensioner after noticing a reflection coming off the back of her scooter as she rode in the left lane in the pitch black.
'I was heading down Clifton Boulevard, just crossing the bridge, and driving in the left lane,' he said.
'I had to swerve to avoid her, it all happened so quickly. Luckily there was no one in the middle lane, so I was able to move over, otherwise there could have been a collision.'
After processing what had happened, passenger Amanda Lloyd, 50, who works for the government, frantically grabbed her mobile and called Nottinghamshire Police.
Motorist Nick Lloyd swerves out of the way of a granny riding a scooter on the A52 in Nottingham in the pitch black
She was informed that police had already received two calls about the woman, and the couple were