A senior roads policing officer has revealed his shock at the state of a van pulled over on a motorway in North Yorkshire.
It was spotted heading out of Harrogate by police in the town. Sgt Paul Cording pulled over the van near Wetherby on the A1M, who described it as “a disaster waiting to happen”.
“Unbelievably, this was the state of his front near side wheel with only one nut holding it on,” Sgt Cording wrote, before sharing this video with the words: “Imagine this wheel coming off at 70mph! It just doesn’t bear thinking about”.
“Complete disregard for road safety & a disaster waiting to happen. Thankfully we got to him first.”
The driver only had a provisional licence and no insurance, and was reported and the vehicle seized.
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