Lancashire police tailback safety warning after M6 Frisbee game

Those who left their vehicles “impeded officers getting to the scene of the emergency” and “significantly delayed motorway traffic”, the spokesman said.

He said officers had been “seeing this happening more and more, with people thinking this behaviour is acceptable when it is clearly not”.

“It is creating a dangerous situation and causing officers to detract from dealing with the initial cause of the delay,” he said.

“Our officers will always work to get traffic moving as quickly as possible, but this will not be at the expense of safety.”