Driver of mobility car reported in Dunstable after ‘scraping its way down the M1’

Olivia Preston
By Olivia Preston
Published 2nd Nov 2023, 14:40 BST
Updated 3rd Nov 2023, 11:49 BST
Goods inside the car. Picture: BCH Road Policing Unit via XGoods inside the car. Picture: BCH Road Policing Unit via X
Goods inside the car. Picture: BCH Road Policing Unit via X
The police said the vehicle “stood out like a sore thumb”

A car in Dunstable was stopped by traffic officers yesterday (November 1) as it was seen “scraping its way down the M1”.

Police saw the Fiat Doblo, an ex mobility vehicle, driving down the motorway as it was being used to transport trade goods.

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On X, the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit said: “An ex mobility Fiat Doblo is not a suitable trades van…It stood out like a sore thumb scraping its way down the M1 with all the weight.

"Driver reported for insecure load and vehicle seized for no insurance and no valid licence.”