This was the bone-chilling moment a lorry pulls out from a motorway exit lane in front of speeding traffic nearly causing a major accident earlier this afternoon (January 3).

The close call was caught by lorry driver John Mitchell who was travelling on the M25 near Hertfordshire in his own heavy goods vehicle at the time.

Mitchell said: "[the] truck was in the left-hand lane and at first I thought he wanted the next lane but he had other ideas.

"I left it a bit late to move over as I had to check the lane next to me quickly, then as I swerved my back end felt like it was shifting so as I swerved the other way I felt it more so rather than keep swerving I straightened up and aimed for hard shoulder"

He later commented: "My reaction was based on the least devastation if something was to happen. By staying put and at speed I wasn't forcing anyone else to brake and have a possible accident."

Viewers of the video speculated that the lorry in question was left-hand drive explaining why such a manoeuvre was undertaken without proper caution.

Almost a serious accident with another lorry making an illegal manoeuvre on the m25 uk