They can also seize a vehicle if they think it’s being driven by someone who does not have a proper licence or insurance, if it's dangerously, illegally or obstructively parked and if it's broken-down or abandoned. Here are the vehicles removed from the road in and around Lancashire in November. These images are from the 'LancsRoadPolice' Twitter feed.
5.
Idiotic driver of this Audi in Barrowford wouldn't get a taxi but instead drove home drunk crashing into a number of parked cars and a garden wall. Blew 134 at the roadside and 128 in custody. To court for a well deserved ban
6.
Revoked licence, no insurance, positive drugs wipe for cannabis and apparently unable to drive around a gentle corner (J34 south bound slip road)!
Thankfully minor injuries only.
7.
Trust us, there’s a car in there somewhere! This VW passed #HO34 on the M65 near Blackburn and reached a recorded speed of 93mph in poor weather conditions. When stopped and reported for excess speed, the driver provided a positive drug wipe for cannabis and was arrested
8.
Whilst stopped at traffic lights in a marked police car, a vehicle drives up in lane 2 at speed, then edges forward before driving off at speed when lights change. It didn't come as a shock when the car was stopped and the rear tyre found in this state