Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox He was a banned driver, with no insurance.
That was bad enough. But when undercover investigators drew closer they were horrified to see the disqualified driver was not wearing a seat belt and neither was a four-year-old child sat on a passenger's lap in the car.
One driver was playing online poker on his phone and another FaceTiming his partner. The incidents were among more than 250 offences discovered in just a week on the M6 in the north west.
Others included a truck reversing up the motorway on the inside lane after the driver overshot Junction 18 at Knutsford. A banned driver with no insurance was stopped towing a trailer in the third lane in Cumbria.
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