How do you get behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce and forget you're NOT insured?

Northamptonshire traffic cops doff their caps to colleagues who pulled over £250,000k car
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Northamptonshire's traffic cops were kept busy with a usual haul of vehicles seized for a variety of offences.

But they will have to go some way to match this beauty taken off the road by their pals up the road.

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The local Road Safety Team tweeted their photos of an uninsured Renault Clio, Vauxhall Astra, Audi and a motorbike all ready to be taken away after being stopped.

Yet, a few miles along the motorway, colleagues in the Midlands were watching a white Rolls-Royce Wraith, worth around £250,000, being loaded up by one very nervous tow-truck driver.

The event was retweeted by the Northants Road Crime Team.

A spokesman for the Central Midlands Police Group said: "A Rolls-Royce was stopped for a check on the M6. Enquiries with the driver revealed they were not insured to drive it so the vehicle was seized and driver reported."

Meanwhile, a Northamptonshire Road Safety Team spokesman said: "Another day another uninsured driver — including one heading to Magistrates Court where he can discuss the consequences of totting up what will be in excess of 12 penalty points.

Police seized this white Rolls-Royce after finding the driver was not insured. Photo: CMPGPolice seized this white Rolls-Royce after finding the driver was not insured. Photo: CMPG
Police seized this white Rolls-Royce after finding the driver was not insured. Photo: CMPG
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"We’d even written to him warning him that not insuring his vehicle would lead to seizure and a ticket."

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A selection of the vehicles taken off Northamptonshire's roads over the weekend. Photos: Northants Police ARVA selection of the vehicles taken off Northamptonshire's roads over the weekend. Photos: Northants Police ARV
A selection of the vehicles taken off Northamptonshire's roads over the weekend. Photos: Northants Police ARV

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