GERMANY: Holiday-makers driving through Germany this summer have been warned to keep watch for "phantom drivers" on the autobahn. The ADAC, Germany's equivalent of the AA, has said foreign drivers are at particular risk from the phenomenon of "phantom drivers" - motorists who drive at full speed down the wrong side of the motorway.
Most cases of phantom drivers arise from motorists not noticing they are travelling in the wrong direction, either after taking a wrong turn or as a result of fatigue.
But the ADAC says there is a growing danger from intentional phantom drivers.
"We have had cases of people driving the wrong way down the shoulder to avoid holiday traffic tailbacks," says Mr Maurer.
Police estimate in addition that one in five phantom drivers wants to commit suicide.