Police caught a driver parking on the hard shoulder of the motorway, in a failed bid to avoid pick-up charges at Manchester Airport. North West Motorway Police issued the motorist with a Traffic Offence Report (TOR) following the incident.
In a post on Twitter in the early hours of yesterday morning (April 23) a force spokesman said that the driver of a Citroen C4 Cactus had pulled up at the side of the motorway, close to the airport, and was 'waiting to collect people'.
Drivers are only allowed to stop on the hard shoulder in an emergency or if told to do so by the police. Any other reason could see you incur a £100 fine and three penalty points.
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North West Motorway Police tweeted: "Driver seen by ME54 stopped on hard shoulder at Manchester Airport waiting to collect people - TOR issued".
@slugsie replied: "This seems to happen often enough that it should be obvious that something needs to be done about short term parking for pick ups at the airport."
@Thes0nogg0d tweeted: "I drive a bus around the airport and it’s ridiculous how so many people park on the hard shoulder, roundabouts within road traffic cones where the building works happening on the pavements next to the entrance of the bus station need to put some cameras up and get people fined".
