23rd March, there were strong winds blowing from the South East that night, with light rain and drizzle. Cloud cover was quite heavy and low. The moon rose at 11.30pm that night and was in the South East. John H is rather shy about his name, and indeed details of the garage where this allegedly happened are rather scant. Leaving the premises without paying for the goods received is not a good idea, particularly in an area which employs local 'community policing' rather than the more usual state police.
Confusion is the order of the day.
Although John says he is travelling to Dublin, he never mentions the Westlink or the M1 - the main arterial route South from Belfast. He also claims to have stopped on a hillside road off the M3. Belfast is largely covered by security cameras - roads, car parks and shops included. With his admitted erratic driving over the M3 and M2 between 8.30pm and 2.30am, I'm surprised John was not approached by Traffic Police. A frequent phenomena of night-time aerial lights is the illusion of 'following'.