Motorway drivers face crackdown with police ‘pleased’ they’ll be prosecuted
Motorists are being warned that they could face serious consequences when travelling on the motorway and filming accidents.
10:43, 08 Sep 2025
Motorway drivers face crackdown with police 'pleased' they'll be prosecutedDrivers are set to be fined after police admitted they are "pleased to see these people prosecuted"[1]. Motorists are being warned that they could face serious consequences when travelling on the motorway and filming accidents.
Road users on the M60 who were hit by a full closure between Junctions 18 and 19 this week were warned they could face financial penalties. Taking to social media, GMP Traffic warned anyone using the hard shoulder to circumvent queues would be targeted.
Those who ignored a 'red X' sign will be fined, as well as anyone filming crash sites. A police spokesperson said:[2] "For all the people who contravened the red 'X' on the motorway this evening at a road traffic collision prior to Junction 32 of the M6, you can wait to receive your Notice of Intended Prosecution in the post.
"Failure to provide driver details leads to six points on your driving licence and a large fine." It comes as numerous people have been prosecuted in connection with filming a fatal road traffic collision on the M1 in May. On the evening of May 3, a fatal collision involving the driver of a white van occurred on the southbound carriageway of the M1 between junctions 14 and 15. Following the collision, 12 drivers were seen filming the aftermath on their mobile phones as they drove passed the scene. Unbeknown to them however, their details were taken, and they received notices of intended prosecution in the days which followed. PC Tom Williams from Northamptonshire Police's Roads Policing Team, said: "Filming any road traffic collision when you are driving is not only dangerous, but incredibly thoughtless, so I am pleased to see these people prosecuted. "Collisions such as this one change lives forever. They leave families and friends devastated and so it is wholly inappropriate and disrespectful for other road users to film any collision site as they pass. "I hope this case demonstrates the seriousness with which we take offences such as this and leads to people making better decisions when passing a road traffic collision in the future."References