Police officer almost hit with arch lining of 'heavily damaged' car while driving on M275

A police officer was almost hit by the arch lining of a car which was driving on an extremely busy road on its way to being scrapped.

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Roads Policing Unit Facebook said: “This heavily damaged #Toyota was being driven on the M275 to be scrapped when a piece of its arch lining flew off almost hitting this Police Motorcyclist.

“Driving a vehicle in this condition is #Dangerous & Reckless.”

As a result of this, the police issued the driver with a ticket and the car has been prohibited.

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