A motorist in Yorkshire has been booked for tailgating and flashing their headlights before undertaking an unmarked police car.
The driver didn’t expect the undercover car to illuminate with lights of its own when police decided to pull the offending vehicle over onto the hard shoulder of the M62.
West Yorkshire Police tweeted: “M62, Brighouse – driver tailgated and flashed their headlights at our unmarked car in the outside lane before undertaking us.
“Reported.”
The tweet prompted some questions from the public concerning the police car’s positioning on the motorway.
M62, Brighouse – driver tailgated and flashed their headlights at our unmarked car in the outside lane before undertaking us. Reported pic.twitter.com/VSq6qW4zEz
— WestYorks Police RPU (@WYP_RPU) October 28, 2017
Begs the question ‘why were you in the outside lane with room to be undertaken?’
— frances brook (@shooter2006) October 28, 2017
See above-Proper planning allows space between vehicles+moving back in front of a overtaken vehicle immediately cuts their stopping distance
— WestYorks Police RPU (@WYP_RPU) October 28, 2017