POLICE have reported a motorist for careless driving on the motorway in Warrington this afternoon, Monday.

Officers from Merseyside Police’s Roads Policing Unit spotted the Audi driver travelling ‘at speed’ on the M62 between junctions seven for Rainhill Stoops and eight for Burtonwood.

After being forced to slow down due to traffic ahead, the driver was spotted by police in an unmarked car ‘cutting up other road users across three lanes’.

They then said the motorist was ‘braking erratically, causing others to take evasive action’.

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Posting on social media, officers said: “Vehicle observed at speed by unmarked car on the M62 (junctions seven to eight) in lane three being forced to slow down by traffic ahead.

“Clearly in a hurry, the driver moves between lanes one, two and three, cutting up traffic and braking erratically, causing others to take evasive action. Reported for careless driving.”