More than 400 vehicles were stopped and 387 offences recorded in a week of action by police and National Highways which saw officers patrolling the M6 in unmarked HGV cabs.
Forty-one drivers were handed graduated fixed penalty notices totalling £16,800 and a further five drivers given words of advice.
Cheshire Police stopped this overweight vehicle on the M6 which was being driven by someone who did not have a licence. Picture Cheshire Police The Cheshire force also spotted a motorbike being ridden at 90-100mph and undertaking traffic. Police tried to pull him over for four junctions before he finally stopped at junction 24 saying he hadn’t heard them over his music.
Operation Vertebrae took place along the length of the M6, the longest motorway in the country. National Highways deals with around 180 reported incidents on the M6 every day including a large number of traffic collisions – 3,485 in 2021.
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