Long, winding road for penniless Brazilian driver

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She went the wrong way just because she did not have the money with her to pay for the tolls! Lidia Vitielo, 58, was approaching a toll booth on the Imigrantes Highway linking Sao Paulo city to the coast on Wednesday night when she found she was short of the 15.4 real (4.69 pounds) fee. The road was packed because of a national holiday but, undaunted, she headed back against the flow of traffic. Highway police tailed Vitielo and warned other motorists to steer clear. She drove 5 miles in the wrong direction, passing about 350 vehicles and ignoring a police roadblock, before she stopped, police said. She must have panicked really bad for her to do something like that. What do you think? Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080523/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_brazil_driver;_ylt=Ap9wWCSU27p_PyqopOBEYM7tiBIF