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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Andrew Bardsley

M56 middle lane hogging driver pursued by police for nearly 10 MILES

A driver caught hogging the middle lane while there was no other traffic on the road was pursued by police for nearly 10 miles. Bemused traffic officers followed the vehicle for more than 16 kilometres, just under 10 miles, after spotting it driving in the middle lane of the M56 eastbound, despite the carriageway being clear.

They were eventually able to pull over the driver, who was reprimanded for driving without due care. Officers on the North West Motorway Police account said: "The driver of this vehicle was followed by police for over 16km on M56 eastbound in the middle lane with nothing in lane 1.

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