Police catch driver with bare feet on dashboard travelling down motorway
Motorist pictured in a black pickup-style car in the right-hand lane of the M5
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Your support makes all the difference.Police officers caught a motorist driving along a motorway with their feet on the dashboard.
A picture taken by the police shows the driver in the right-hand lane of the M5 in the West Country.
The driver was pictured in a black pickup-style car, and the image caused shock among Twitter users after it was shared online.
Devon and Cornwall Police and Dorset Police roads policing team posted the picture to its Twitter account.
The officer who posted the picture said: “Cruise control taken to a whole new level. Driver snapped in lane 3 (yes the fast lane) of the M5.
“With apologies to the mighty Pink Floyd: ‘In all my years of policing I have never seen before, Someone more deserving the full penalty of law’!! Sgt B.”
The tweet attracted a string of responses on social media, including one from another local police officer.
PC Phil Skedgell, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said the motorist’s actions were ”utterly stupid and dangerous”. He added: On which planet would or could this be considered appropriate?”
Other social media users demanded the motorist be prosecuted.
Additional reporting by PA
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