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20/07/2007

Lady risks woman car insurance with evasive manoeuvre

A lady risked her woman car insurance by swerving dangerously to avoid what she thought was someone about to drop a missile onto the motorway in front of her - but turned out to be a policeman adjusting a speed camera.

The 42-year-old was travelling on a motorway near Bredbury, Stockport towards Manchester when she noticed someone on a bridge who was holding a large object.

She said: "There's been a few instances of missile throwing from that very bridge. So I swerved out of the way which was dangerous in itself.

"It was only when I looked up again that I realised it was a policeman who seemed to be juggling with a speed camera."

She went on: "This officer was literally dancing on the spot in order, I assume, to angle the camera at any motorist he could get. I don't have a problem with speed cameras, but distracting drivers on an already-dangerous stretch of motorway causes great concern."

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police explained that the camera had been in use in a campaign against drivers who were driving without motor insurance.

Gemma Turner, of the woman car insurance company CoverGirl Car Insurance Services, said: "It is unfortunate that police picked that a bridge which has a history of having missiles dropped from it to do their surveillance work from.

"Luckily there was no collision in this incident, although it seems there is the potential for accidents to be caused."