Police stopping drivers on the M62 made an astonishing discovery

A police crackdown on the M62 found an astonishing 64 percent of drivers stopped were uninsured. Cheshire Constabulary pulled up 67 vehicles of which 43 were being driven without insurance.

The operation took place over just one day last week in which five forces took part in a coast to coast clampdown across the entire motorway between Hull and Liverpool.

As part of the operation, over 90 road policing officers from Cheshire, West Yorkshire, Humberside, Greater Manchester, and Merseyside supported the North West Motorway Police and the Motor Insurers Bureau in conducting the operation across 220 miles of motorway running in both directions, giving uninsured drivers no place to hide.

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Police used Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology and did traffic stops in marked and unmarked vehicles, to catch uninsured drivers.

It is illegal to drive a vehicle on the road or in a public place without at least third-party insurance; even if the vehicle is insured, if you’re not correctly insured to drive it you may be considered to be driving without insurance and could potentially be penalised.

In last Thursday's operation, Cheshire officers were based at the Burtonwood service station near junction 8 of the motorway from 7am. Throughout the operation, officers engaged with members of the public at the service station and patrolled the motorway, conducting traffic stops on uninsured vehicles.

Cheshire officers also provided support to other forces that had spotted drivers coming in and out of Cheshire and into the neighbouring counties, with well over 250 vehicles stop-checked across the five counties.

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