Police are investigating after a driver appeared to use the M4 hard shoulder to undertake a 'go-slow' convoy protesting fuel costs.
The 'Stand Up to Fuel Prices' demonstration saw traffic held up for around four hours on Monday morning by slow-moving roadblocks on both sides of the M4 Severn Bridge. Gwent Police arrested 12 drivers shortly before 11am on suspicion of breaching a legal notice not to drive under 30mph.
The force is also probing an incident which happened at around 9am that day when a silver Vauxhall Corsa appeared to move onto the westbound hard shoulder near Tormarton, South Gloucestershire, and pass one of the protest convoys. Footage shot by WalesOnline shows the driver being stopped by a police car seconds later. As he came to a halt the driver could be seen remonstrating with the officer and shouting: "Why don't you do something?"
