My day with the motorway police

 Part 3

Five minutes later we see a five foot length of steel across the middle and outside lane and while we’re on the hard shoulder waiting for a rolling road block to take effect so it can be cleared cars are racing past seeing it at the last moment and having tyres shredded which meant several vehicles needing assistance on the hard shoulder. Simon got out to clear the carriageway once the rolling road block took effect.

Little more driving and being visible took us to  the police waiting area at the side of the west bound M62 to keep an eye on traffic generally and to look out for one particular vehicle which  might be coming our way, that turned out to be a no show. But I must say with a marked police car sitting there everyone behaved themselves.

Later as we came down to the roundabout joining the M60 to the M62  someone had broken down at the lights so Simon tucked the car in behind them for their safety got out and rustled up a police tow to a safer place with a breakdown vehicle.