Human Traffic Motorway Cops

I bet you're not from around here, are you?

Britain's motorways are a unique place to police.

Is it an out-of-towner?

-Where have you come from?

-Uh, from Slovakia.

From Slovakia?

A constantly moving population...

-Oh, yeah.

-..means the cops have to be prepared for anything...

Just jump in.

You are using two tonne of car, potentially,

as a weapon to intimidate people.

..from the reckless...

They believe they've got several males on camera.

He can't supervise you because he's as drunk as you.

..to the desperate.

FOREIGN ACCENT: We hungry, we sick, we hungry.

In West Yorkshire,

five motorways meet in one of Britain's busiest crossroads.

Welcome to Bradford.

On motorways, you've got such a transient population.

It's down to the motorway cops to deal with this human traffic.

Without us, there is nothing and it would be anarchy.

It's 100mph 100% of the time.

It's 7:00pm and PCs Craig Warner and Dan Kellet from the

West Yorkshire Roads Policing Unit are on the M1 east of Leeds.

They're monitoring the police radio.

So far, it's a quiet night but not inside the patrol car.

MUSIC PLAYS

Got some proper '80s tunes going on at the minute.

A lot of people think that police drive around in their cars

and they just discuss police matters.

'I don't think some people realise that we drive around and discuss'

normal things such as taste in music or lack of taste in somebody's case.

I like The Cure and all the...

I suppose because we have grew up in the '80s.

-I know you were already grown up in the '80s.

-Oh!

This is a good song from the '80s.

SONG PLAYS

-Is that Paul Hardcastle?

-No.

Blue Monday.

MUSIC: "Blue Monday" by New Order

You like to have a laugh cos you don't know what the day's

going to involve. You don't know what's coming up next.

At 9:25pm, a call finally arrives.

Yeah.

It's the first time I've come across a report of people

hiding in the back of wagons.

It's something you hear about and see on the telly and the news

but it's not something I've ever dealt with.

The truck stop is in North Yorkshire,

a neighbouring force's area,

but as Craig and Dan are the nearest cops, they respond to the call.

Well, potentially,

there could be some people in the back of the wagon or

it could be quite simply that because the cab's go quite a bit back,

could be quite simply that he's heard what he believes to be back there.

It's always best to keep an open mind with these things,

it could just be that the wagon driver's watching

a DVD in the back of his cab and that's what's being heard.

Whatever it is, Dan'll deal with it.

No, we'll deal with it when we get there.

-Which one? The one at our back?

-The bigger one.

-The bigger one?

Right, we'll go have a look.

You all right? Where you from then?

Slovakia? Just jump out.

Put your shoes on.

-What are you carrying?

-It's, uh...car seats.

-Car seats?

-Yeah, car...parts.

-OK. Who locked up the doors?

-My company.

-Did you?

-Were you there when they did it?

-Yeah.

-Is there a seal on the door?

-Eh, seal is from my company.

-OK, have you got the keys?

And it's been sealed. See that?

Stops anybody opening this bit.

KNOCK FROM INSIDE WAGON

-Ah.

-Yeah, no problem.

-Who's in there then?

-Who's in there?

-Uhh...

-KNOCK FROM INSIDE WAGON CONTINUES

Who's that then?

-Just leave it one minute.

-Inside?

-Yeah, wait one minute.

-I don't know.

-Don't you?

-Don't you know?

Right, shall we sit him in the back of our car?

FAINT VOICE FROM INSIDE WAGON

You don't know how old they are, you don't know what condition

they're in, if they've had any food, if they've had any drink.

Have a sit in there for me.

There's always a possibility that the driver is taking part in

shipping these people over and he's fully aware that they're in there.

When was it loaded?

-Load this Monday.

-Monday?

Eh, it's been... Right.

-So, three or four days?

-Yeah.

Can imagine it's been freezing cold in the back of there.

You don't know if they've got any medical conditions to start with.

As well as the stowaways' safety,

Craig and Dan also need to think of their own.

Just make North Yorkshire aware we haven't opened it yet,

we're going to wait while Jinksy gets here

then at last there's three of us.

There could be 10, 12,

there could be any number of people in the back of there

that we don't know about

and you're just thinking that the more of us

there are to control the situation, the better it's going to be.

VOICE FROM INSIDE WAGON

We don't want people running out

and over onto main motorway or even round here, there's wagons toing

and froing and shunting around so just contain it as much as we can.

While Dan and Craig wait for backup to secure the area...

..25 miles away, motorway cops Michelle Rookes

and Brian Harrison are on the M62 south of Bradford.

During night-time, traffic falls by three quarters across the network.

-We need to find something because we can't do this all night.

-No, I know.

I'll lose the will to live if he thinks we can just drive up

and down A1 and truck stops.

A good day's a busy day.

I like to be busy, I like to go from job to job.

Searching for that elusive job often means turning off the motorway.

'We're heading towards Gomersal from Hunsworth'

and as we're heading up the hill,

we see the vehicle coming towards us.

He should have given way.

It only takes that one little thing to sort of like make your ears

prick up or possibly think,

"Hang on, we need to be having a look at this,

"something's not quite right here."

So, we're just going to see if we can catch up to it and...

find out who's driving it.

But by the time they turn around, the car has gone.

There's three options open to us.

It's either going straight down, left or right.

'So, what we're looking for now is the tail-lights of the vehicle.'

That could be it there.

-That's it.

-Yeah, that's the one.

RADIO CHATTER

'When I approached the driver...'

-Hiya, is it your car?

-Yeah.

..I've smelt the intoxicants more or less straightaway on him.

-Have you got your driving license with you?

-No, it's at home.

All right, come and take a seat with us.

Just take a seat in back of car for us.

You just get the general feeling that somebody's heavily

influenced by alcohol.

It's not just the smell, it's the other telltale signs.

Michelle knows a lot about drink-driving

and not just from being a cop.

There you go, take a seat in there.

Before she was a police officer, she worked behind a bar.

On more than one occasion,

I have refused to serve people who I thought were either A,

too drunk, or B, if I knew that

they'd parked up in the car park.

40 years ago, 30 years ago, it was probably more acceptable

but I have little sympathy for people that drink and drive.

-What's your name?

-Paul.

-Paul?

-Paul Chambers.

-Right, is it your car?

-No, it's my girlfriend's.

-Right. Are you insured to drive it?

Yeah, I'm on... I'm a named driver.

And I'm a provisional.

-BOTH: You've got a provisional?

-Yeah, I've got a provisional.

-What about the lad in the car?

-How much have you had to drink?

I've had a couple of beers, yeah.

Before they breathalyse the driver, Michelle checks out the passenger.

-Hiya, fella.

-Hello.

-Are you supervising him driving?

-Sorry?

He's got a provisional license.

-You can't supervise anyone.

-No.

-Have you got a full licence?

-No.

-No.

No, he hasn't got a full licence and he's leathered as well so...

-But he said that he had a licence.

-Right, Paul, listen to me now.

-Yeah.

Right, if you've got a provisional licence which we've yet to

check on, you're still not driving in accordance with

the terms of your licence because you don't have L plates on, OK?

-No, I did have.

-And...

-Sorry, I did have L plates on but they've fallen off.

-And...

That's what they all say.

Honestly, I promise you now.

Well, there's two bottles of Lambrini in footwell.

No, that's...that's where they've gone.

Nine times out of ten, they're not going to turn around

and readily accept that they're over the limit.

They're going to try and sit in the back of the vehicle and try

and blag it.

-And...

-I promise you now.

He's told me he doesn't have a licence,

we've yet to do a check on that, but even if he did, he can't

supervise you because he's slurring his words more than you are.

He isn't a mate then, he's getting chuffed off then.

-Chuffed off.

-He'll be walking home anyway, mate.

I'm not going to swear at you.

-Where does he live?

-I don't even know.

Whilst you are on the insurance,

you're driving otherwise in accordance with a licence

so given that, the vehicle will be seized, OK?

And obviously, we're looking at more offences should you provide

a positive breath sample.

The thing is he probably thinks that he's coming across as being...

relatively normal but when you're stone-cold sober

and he's obviously consumed a large amount of alcohol,

it's so obvious to us but he won't be able to see it.

Right, mate, what I need you to do

when I tell you is to make a tight seal round the thin bit of the

tube and blow like you're blowing a balloon up until I say stop.

All right? Deep breath, mate, any time you're ready.

Keep going, steady, steady. Keep going, keep going. That's it.

You can stop.

RADIO CHATTER

BREATHALYSER BEEPS

OK, you've failed, mate, so you're under arrest on suspicion

of driving with over the prescribed limit of alcohol in your breath.

I'll have to caution you...

-What is it?

-..that you don't have to say anything

but it may harm your defence if you don't mention when questioned...

-Yeah, yeah, fair enough.

-Hang on a sec. Hang on now.

I've forgot where I were now. I'll have to start again.

That's crap, is that.

Simon, your mate's locked up and the vehicle's getting seized, OK?

-So, I'm afraid it's a long walk home for you.

-Where?

Wherever you live, I don't know where you live.

Yeah, come on then.

The passenger finds himself without a lift.

He didn't even know where he was, he was that drunk.

BOTTLES CLINK

The car, which belongs to Paul's girlfriend, will be towed away.

When he goes home and he tells her what's happened, oh, I just can't...

She's going to break down, I promise you, she is. I can't believe it.

I feel like just... If you didn't have safety locks, I'd jump out.

'People always blame us.'

It's like, well, no, mate, I didn't pour the alcohol down your neck

and I didn't press your foot on the accelerator.

I remember stopping a gentlemen driving his four young

children home after spending the entire day in the pub

and he literally fell out of that van and then

when I arrested him, his attitude was,

"Have you nothing better to do? It's only drink-driving."

I'll tell you now everything won't seem quite as bad in the morning.

While Paul contemplates a night in the cells

and facing his girlfriend the next morning...

..at Wetherby services, officers Craig Warner and Dan Kellet's

suspected stowaways are still contained in the back of the truck.

Backup is arriving to ensure the trailer can be opened safely

and securely.

How do?

Loaded and sealed on Monday in Slovakia.

-Where's he going to?

-I don't know.

And he says it hasn't been touched since.

We don't know what we're going to find out, how long they've been

in there, what they're going to be like when you do get the doors open.

Oh, look at you lot.

-What's up with him?

-I bet you're not from around here, are you?

'It's not what you expect to see'

when you come on duty at the start of the day.

Two people hiding in the back of a wagon.

'One of them was obviously more dishevelled than the other one.'

It's not something we normally see because where we work,

we're in the middle of the country

and I think the vast majority of them are found at the port.

You, sit up. Put your hands there.

Nice accent. Come on, out.

-We're going to have check t'other one.

-Yeah.

Obviously, cos we've found two though,

we're going to have to check further.

Can we stick these in a car somewhere or something

and then we'll search rest of the van, wagon.

You don't know how many people that have come across with him

so, obviously, we've got

to do our best to make sure that there's nobody else.

We'll put one in yours, I'll put one in Jinksy's.

Go on.

Hang on, I'm just going to get my torch out.

That'll do for me, then.

So, you realise we found two people in the back of your wagon?

No, I don't know, because...

-You don't know?

-No.

-Did you load it?

-Uh, I check in the...

In Calais port,

and everything was OK. I...

Right. Unfortunately, you're probably going to have to come

and answer some questions about it.

-OK.

-OK? We'll sort it out. Don't worry.

Our consideration now changes to their welfare

as much as anything else.

The young men claim to have travelled across Europe from Iran.

The cops suspect they're in the UK to seek asylum.

We've got a wagon up at Wetherby Services from Slovakia.

In the back of the wagon are two Iranian gentlemen,

so we're going to take them to Harrogate.

In 2013, nearly 3,000 Iranians claimed asylum,

more than from any other country other than Pakistan.

I think it's sad that they've been stuck in the back of a wagon

for the best part of a week.

I don't know their circumstances.

It's a sad state of affairs if you've got to hide

in the back of a truck for four days to get into this country.

As this truck stop is in the North Yorkshire area, the men will be

taken to nearby Harrogate Police Station for processing.

Craig and Dan, who are with the West Yorkshire force,

tag along to help with the investigation.

-Do you know where Harrogate Police station is?

-No.

I'm going...a rough stab in the dark of Harrogate.

We're going to follow this lad.

-Just to the right?

-Yeah...

There you go. In this one.

The two stowaways will be given a hot meal

and a place to rest before being questioned by immigration officers.

Sit down.

The men claim to be from Iran,

but they seem to have no idea where they are.

Do you want them off? Are you all right?

England?

-Where did you think you were going?

-I don't know. We're England?

-Are you sure?

-Yeah.

I am shocked. You say here England...

THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE

-He said, "I think it's Swede Land." Not England, Sweden.

-Sweden?

Yeah, Sweden.

They're not bothered where they're going.

All they're bothered about is that they're not going to Iran,

so they're just quite happy to get out of that country.

We're hungry, we're sick, we're hungry.

Tap-tap, three days, two days, tap-tap, no stop.

No stop.

For somebody to go to the lengths that they've gone to,

to take the risks that they've taken,

you've got to be pretty

desperate to...to want to leave a country or leave a place.

I don't know what level I'd have to get to, to be that desperate.

On a motorway network, you've got such a transient population.

Because we're the centre of England we've got a crossover point

going east to west and north to south,

so you've got people that are travelling from A to B every day.

You've got people that'll come over to the UK

visiting from any other country.

If you're working in a division,

quite often you'll get to know the local people.

On the motorway you don't have that.

It's very rare where you'll come across the same person twice.

20 miles away, motorway cop Andrew Gudgeon is leaving

Bradford at the beginning of a night shift.

The motorway, it's its own completely unique environment.

People coming to and from, passing through as quickly as possible.

It's 100 mile an hour, 100% of the time.

You cannot have a relaxing moment on the motorway. It doesn't exist.

At the end of the day, we are it. We are the last line.

We care deeply about what we do.

We enjoy what we do,

and without us there is nothing and it would be anarchy.

Five miles south,

a Highways Agency camera is watching a slip road of the M62.

Out of nowhere, a car hits railings at 100mph.

The vehicle crashed at such velocity that you can see the sparks that have

come up from it, and they've left big gouge marks on the road surface.

The driver and passenger spill out onto the road,

seemingly oblivious to the dangers from cars flying past.

Fleet 132. I'm going to go down to the M606 motorway southbound

as it joins the M62 west.

But instead of waiting for help,

for some reason they run across the busy motorway.

This incident's now changed from a simple accident and turned into

something now where you're suspicious about these people's action.

What are they doing? Why are they running?

PC Craig Taylor is one of the first cops to arrive,

and immediately sets off in pursuit.

I'm out on foot. At that stage I'm alone.

You don't know what you're up against, you don't know

if they've got weapons, you don't know if they're violent,

you don't know if they're under the influence of drink or drugs.

While Craig searches, Andrew arrives to help secure the crash scene.

What's it hit?

-A cone by the barrier.

-Yeah.

-They've come round too fast...

-Yeah.

..which has done all that damage,

and they've slid all the way down here to a resting point.

Right, so they've hit the railings.

Without the guard rails,

the car and people in it would be in the woods 40 feet below.

Is there anything inside the vehicle that might assist us?

-We've got a wage slip.

-Oh, right.

-It matches the PNC keeper.

-Oh, right.

But none of it's local.

Obviously, we're trying to think who owns the car,

who was in the car and why have they run off? Are they wanted?

Are they burglars? Have they got drugs?

-Is it an out-of-towner?

-Yeah.

-So we don't know yet.

-Wiltshire or... Well, he works in Calne.

That's his name.

Right. It's whether it's erm...whether it has been stolen.

-We don't know yet, do we?

-We've got a key.

We've got a key, but why have they run?

That's what we're thinking, ain't it?

It's gone off on a side...

-There's blood on...

-He's not wearing his belt, is he?

-No, they're plugged in.

-Yeah.

It's amazing that they can walk out and run off.

And when you look inside,

on the passenger side there's quiet a considerable amount of blood

that's been left where the airbag has been deployed.

So, however who was in the passenger seat has obviously got some

sort of head or facial injury and we don't know how serious that is.

So, obviously that's a concern in itself for their own welfare.

Somebody out of that car has done incredibly well to get out

with them injuries and make their way through the woods.

Craig is still alone searching for the men.

It's actually pitch black,

you can't see two foot in front of you, really.

I'm apprehensive, I'm nervous, thinking,

"I don't know that to expect here."

20 minutes since the search began,

the cops on the ground have some help.

POLICE RADIO CHATTER

we've got the helicopter up above now searching these people,

and they believe they've got several males on camera

hiding in undergrowth.

HELICOPTER UNIT: We're overhead. We've got four huddled together.

Just off the A58, off junction 26.

Using an infrared camera

the helicopter unit can see what Craig can't.

I think you might have just gone under the footbridge.

You need to go back. You've gone too far.

You need to turn off the left before the footbridge.

But if coming from that bridge, it might spook them.

In fact, they are just starting to move a little bit.

Without ground support,

Craig's chance of catching the men are fading.

Every minute's crucial.

The last thing I want them to do is

to be able to get back into the woods.

They run towards a footbridge

and a possible escape route back across the motorway.

I think we're going to need a pincer approach on this one.

With the four men on the brink of escape.

Six miles away at Dewsbury Station,

PCs Michelle Rookes and Brian Harrison

have brought their drink drive suspect in for processing.

-Do you agree to provide two specimens of breath for analyses?

-Yeah.

These officers are going to go through the procedure with you.

Yeah.

I had a glass of Lambrini before I went out.

Let's go to the machine now!

And let's see if I blow.

And it will blow, end off. Right? Fair enough.

We'll be taking your fingerprints and photograph.

I made a mistake, yeah.

I shouldn't have drunk Lambrini before I went out.

And obviously ten minutes later these guys pulled me.

When you first get them in the car, they're all matey. "Yes, officer.

"Oh, yeah."

At the point then when they realise that it's not going to go their way,

that's when the attitude can change somewhat.

-I'm not doing it.

-You're not doing what?

-Blowing.

If you don't blow, you'll get done. It's as simple as that.

But if you blow, you might be under.

I will be under, I know that! I've had half a g...

Uh... Maybe... A pint's that big, isn't it?

Just under that pint there, yeah. And a glass of Lambrini.

He's basically saying, "I'm not going to give you a sample.

"I'm not going to blow in."

Obviously, people that fail to provide will receive a ban anyway.

So, it's in your best interest to give a sample of breath.

I think I will, mate, cos I feel dizzy, man.

-What?

-I feel dizzy.

You seem absolutely 100% fine to me.

You're absolutely fine, Paul. Come on.

-I feel dizzy.

-We'll get you a chair then.

Yeah, please.

I'll go get you a chair.

-Just stand up and stop being daft.

-I feel dizzy!

-But you're not. You're just playing up.

-I'm not!

-Yeah, you are.

Can you do me a favour, can you get me a chair?

Are you coming round now?

You're the only person I know who's fainted who's put their hand out on

the floor to stop themselves from hurting their head.

I feel a bit all right.

-That's great.

-All right.

-Great.

He needs to brush up on his acting skills, in my opinion,

-if he's going to try that one.

-Honestly, I feel dizzy now.

I'll tell you what, if you just keep calm,

stop shouting and all that, and stay calm, you'll be all right.

I'm all right. I promise you. I'm all right now.

Get a hold of that. Take a deep breath. Steady. Now blow. Keep going.

Keep going. Keep going. No, no, no.

You're not listening to us.

Some people will also try and manipulate the device.

They'll pause, they'll stop, they'll suck on the tube instead of blowing.

They won't blow hard enough. So they'll all come up with a failure.

Just take your time.

Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.

-No, you did it again.

-Oh!

Sorry, mate, sorry.

-Sorry.

-Steady. Just blow steady. Don't blow so hard. Just steady.

Keep going.

-No.

-Oh, sorry.

I'm sorry. I promise you.

You don't have to say sorry to me, it's not me who's going to get done.

Please, I'm sorry. Let me have it last time.

It takes a while, but we will get there eventually.

Keep going.

Keep going. Keep going.

-Stop! That's it. Lovely.

-Well done.

Sit on there, Paul.

Paul, from what you've said to me, you sound, to me,

like you know a little bit about this,

ie, what the drink drive levels are, yeah.

35, ain't it?

It's 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

-35. Get up you!

-No, hang on.

That's the simulator check, it isn't your breath samples.

Honestly, yeah, all I've had, right?

Listen. It's 77, 78.

-I'm over.

-You're over, mate.

You're looking at over twice the legal limit.

Do you want to have a copy of that?

I want a doctor before I smash...

Hang on. Listen.

-Paul, you need to sign these copies.

-I'm off!

-Just take a seat.

I'm going to smash me head against that wall.

When I get in that cell, I'm going to damage myself, watch.

I don't really know what they hope to achieve by it.

Under no circumstances you're going to turn around and say,

"OK, then, we'll just release you and let you go then."

It's probably dawned on him now the seriousness of what he's done.

I want another reading in another hour, or whatever.

He probably won't remember half of it in the morning.

On the M62, PC Craig Taylor is searching for four men

who've mysteriously run from the car they crashed at high-speed.

Info is sketchy, but one of them may be injured.

My main priority is life or limb, and every minute could be critical.

600 feet above them, the police helicopter team

are coordinating the plan to catch the men.

HELICOPTER UNIT: Can I just get a unit, if there's others coming to this,

to go to Snelsins Road, off Bradford Road,

off junction 26, to get onto the cycle way

to come up towards the A58.

The men attempt to hide from the cops.

But with backup closing in, they split up.

We're leaving the scene as Cameron's got that under control and contained,

and making our way down now to see if we can be any of assistance

down there with Craig.

MALE: There's three officers together.

At last, a second ground unit moves to cut off the escape route.

-FEMALE:

-If units could start moving a little bit quickly up.

Two are still on the bridge. There's two...

coming quite quickly.

If you can start moving up to the 62 that'll be good.

I knew now, I'm just in the tree line now,

I know that they're coming on to the bridge.

Craig moves in to make the arrest.

I think Romeo Tango 6-0's talking to two.

I could smell intoxicants. They were a bit...strange in their demeanour.

There's two just coming off the bridge.

Still coming towards the Cleckheaton side.

With two detained by Craig,

the other pair try a different route out.

We do look like we've got four 112s.

Just looking for the other units who are here now.

You can see the police vehicles,

so this is where the males have been detained.

'Could see two of them had injuries.'

You know, seemed a little bit confused,

which was to be expected, you know, the shock of the crash.

The men are Lithuanian, in the UK perfectly legally.

The question is, what did they run?

We've four detained. Two appear not to be that drunk.

Then we've got two - this one and another guy who was actually

telling us right now that he was driver. However,

evidentially, we need to be happy about that,

so both guys are coming in cos they're over the limit.

It seems the men ran from the crash

because the driver had been drinking.

'They actually turned around to me'

and said, "I'm not bothered that you've got me.

"I'm just grateful that I'm not dead."

I think I die.

God saved me, saved my life.

The injured passenger and the driver are taken to the station.

Very happy. It's another drink driver off the road.

A good day for me is...

going home where no-one's injured, initially.

A very good day is going home where no-one's injured or seriously injured

and you catch someone in these circumstances drink-driving.

Andrew offers the two remaining passengers a lift.

Right, you want to go to a petrol station, boys?

-Yeah, nearest petrol station, please.

-Just up here.

We are very, very lucky.

-Yeah, very lucky.

-Did you see that car?

-Yes, you are lucky to be alive.

-But we can die, all die.

-Yes.

Obviously they're breathing a massive sigh of relief

that they're OK. They kept their sense of humour, at least.

What name of that city?

-Here?

-Yeah.

-Bradford.

-Bradford?

How long have you lived in England?

-BROKEN ENGLISH:

-I live... maybe eight months.

-OK.

He live here five days.

OK.

Welcome to Bradford.

It's clear that these gentlemen aren't from the local area.

It highlights the fact that, generally speaking, the motorway

networks that we police are used mainly by populations from all over.

You can literally meet anyone or anything on the motorway.

You just don't know what's going to come.

You don't know what's round the corner.

You'll have your eyes opened every day to something else

and you'll just think,

"Unbelievable."

You remember that crash.

You will never forget the crash.

Never, ever get in a car when the driver is drunk.

While the two men make their way home...

..the night shift is far from over.

It's 11.20pm and Andrew and Craig are patrolling Bradford.

Motorway cops also cover the cities of West Yorkshire.

My job is, in essence, to deal with the bad element of society,

whether it's on the motorway or back in the cities.

We're there in the thick of it, sleeves rolled up, stuck in.

It is enjoyable, there's no two ways about it,

but it's also important, and that's what you thrive on.

As they turn off an A road, something catches their attention.

Some lads in it, yeah.

-Yeah.

-Yeah. Yeah, just spin it.

'When you see things like this it piques your interest.

'There's a little switch goes off within you'

and you get that gut feeling and you just think,

"Mm, there's something more to this. I need to go and have a look."

Still there. He's got out now.

They don't want to be in that car.

The driver's getting out the car, the other person's disappeared,

at which point the driver spots us, locks the vehicle and then runs.

-He's going.

-He's going.

He's off and running. He's there, look.

He's got a bit of a head start on me.

But I set off after him through the estate and through the backstreets

which lead to a series of gardens from the terraced houses.

Craig moves to head them off.

Fortunately, at that point, I can hear the roar of the police car

engine coming round the corner, so I knew Craig wasn't far away at all.

We've come out the top of the alleyway right past Craig.

Just watch the car.

Both cops are now on foot.

Get down!

Within a second or two we've managed to detain him on another side road.

Up you get.

He's so tired that he's just given in.

All Andrew and Craig can prove at this point

is the 16-year-old was running from an illegal car...

Romeo Tango 6-0...

..so they need to dig deeper.

-RADIO:

-'Tango 6-0, go head.'

Can I run a vehicle through, please? We had runners from it.

We've got him. We're just trying to find out if the vehicle's stolen

and if he's got anything on him or if there's anything in the vehicle.

We'll have to have a look and see what we get.

Opposite the monument building there,

then set off running through the backstreets and gardens...

..in the side streets here behind us.

No insurance, no MOT.

Arranging for recovery now.

What this turned out to be was what we refer to as a "pull car"

which is a vehicle basically without an owner, without documents.

This is a real problem that we have in Bradford.

I'm sure it'll be, you know, borne out across other cities elsewhere.

You had a massive head start, you should have beat me,

I'm a lot older than you. More than double your age. Sit sideways.

MOBILE PHONE CHIMES

Can I ask you just to turn your phone off cos it's constantly ringing.

-PHONE CHIMES

-You're one popular boy, aren't you?

I'm presuming it's your mate that's run off.

It's absolutely imperative that we get to grips with lads like this.

We're going to make enquiries into the vehicle,

see if there's any further things, etc.

I'll come round to your house, we'll see if you're eligible

for a caution and we'll interview you with your mum and dad present.

Officially. OK?

It's a slippery slope from this point on.

He's got a bit of choice to make. This could be the start of him

picking up a criminal career or it could be him just making a stupid,

daft mistake, us catching him, dealing with him,

and it might knock it all on the head.

You hope it's the latter, but...

The car is impounded.

Good result for us.

One of the many pool cars that we have to endure in the city,

off the road. Another young man placed on our radar.

One to watch, potentially for the future.

With the night shift over, daytime brings new challenges

for motorway cops Michelle Rookes and Andy Bell, patrolling the M62.

The UK's motorway capacity per person is less than half

that of France, Germany or Spain.

Every day, up to 145,000 vehicles

use the M62 in Yorkshire alone.

The resulting congestion plays a large part in the 330 casualties

this stretch of motorway suffers every year.

You get the aggressive drivers, the ones that flash, you know,

they'll tailgate you, they'll intimidate you to get out the way

cos they're late for a meeting or that type of thing.

It does change people's attitudes, I think, once they join a motorway.

In the past, motorway cops had to report drivers for common offences

like lane hogging, using a mobile phone or tailgating.

But in 2013 the law made it easier for them to target these crimes.

Our powers have got better in that we can now deal with them

at the roadside for the same offences.

And, right in front of her, Michelle spots a problem.

-These are driving a bit close.

-They are.

-I'm just making sure...

-They tow, don't they?

I don't think it's on a tow. It's not on a tow.

-He's following them.

-He's following but it's not on a tow.

You can see how far the silver Honda is behind this pick-up.

It's probably just over a car length.

That is extremely dangerous when you're driving at nearly 60mph.

He's got no view at all of what's going on in front.

'You've got to ask yourself, why is he driving that close?

'He's not going to have time'

to react. He's not going to have time to stop.

Hello. How are you, you all right?

-Not bad and yourself?

-Very well.

Do you know the gentleman in the pick-up?

-Yes, I know him.

-Right.

Why are you travelling so close to him?

I thought I was just...

Cos he told me to follow him.

You tell me what the braking distance is at 60mph.

Braking distance would be, like...

..almost 20 metres.

-Almost 20 metres?

-Yeah.

Way, way, way further than that.

Have you got a UK driving licence?

-Yes.

-Have you got it with you, sir?

-Yes.

Do you want to bring it to the car with you

and we'll have a chat in the car?

Hello.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-You all right?

-Yeah, you?

-Not bad, thank you.

-Do you have your driving licence?

-Yes, I do.

-Thank you.

-Is it Herman?

-Herman, yeah.

What's the purpose of your journey today?

That pick-up is being exported to Africa with all the things

which are in the pick-up.

-Right.

-He has bought a truck and he's putting all the...

That pick-up on the truck.

Together with other goods which are going to Africa.

'Everybody uses the motorway for different purposes.'

By breaking up vehicles they can get quite a lot of money in Africa.

-And you're following it to bring him back?

-Yeah, actually I was at work.

When I finished he said, "Can you come over then you can

-"drive my other small car."

-And then bring me back?

-Yeah, "You follow me."

-OK.

-So, is this...?

-This is his car as well.

-So it's a favour, is it?

Yeah, it's a favour I'm doing him.

What insurance are you using to drive this vehicle?

-Uh...cos I'm...I'm covered on comprehensive.

-On your own policy?

My own policy.

Michelle needs to carry out a regulation insurance check.

'You're through to Steven, how may I help you?'

Hello, my name's PC Rookes, I'm calling from West Yorkshire Police.

We've stopped a gentleman driving on the M62 eastbound

motorway in West Yorkshire.

He's driving a friend's vehicle but he says he's insured

through a policy of your own, a trader's policy.

Can I give you that number?

-'Yeah, please.'

-0-2-1-4.

-'Mm-hm.'

8-5-0-1-7.

He's told us that the policy he has with you allows him

to drive other vehicles.

'Potentially it does, it depends on the circumstances.

'What's the... Did you say the vehicle's owned by a friend of his?'

The vehicle's owned by a friend,

his friend's taking another vehicle somewhere,

and he asked Herman to follow him so he could give him a lift back.

'In short there's no cover in place SDP journeys

"for vehicles that the policy holder doesn't own.'

-Right, OK. Thanks for your help.

-'Thanks so much for your call.'

-Magic, thank you, bye-bye.

-'Thanks bye.'

Herman, you're not covered to drive Social Domestic Pleasure,

other people's vehicles, only your own on that trader's policy.

If you were using the vehicle today for trade,

for business purposes, you would be allowed to drive it.

But because you're using it for Social, Domestic and Pleasure

you're not covered on your policy.

While the cops decide if the driver can continue his journey

to deliver his mate's pick-up...

..30 miles west, PCs Mark Claxton and Martin Willis

are also on the lookout for dangerous drivers.

But this is a very different road.

Where the M62 meets the highlands of Saddleworth Moor.

It's a unique stretch, it's the highest stretch of motorway

in England and in summer it's idyllic and it's a beautiful place

to work, a beautiful place to be able to have the privilege to patrol.

But in winter this privilege turns perilous.

We have one of the worst parts

of the motorway, of the M62...

Yorkshire's stretch of the M62 suffers around 200 accidents a year.

As Mark and Martin head east a car catches their eye.

Oh, yeah.

He's travelling extremely fast directly up behind,

forcing other vehicles out of his way.

If you see all the spray that's coming off the vehicle now...

it's quite hard to even see.

Just ridiculous.

For this time of day and the weather, absolutely ridiculous.

"Look at me - I'm bigger than you are,

"I'm coming faster than you are and I'm going to intimidate you."

The cops record it all as they follow.

Just done a distance of... half a mile...

And we've averaged out at 99.83mph.

There were times when he was going over 100.

Over 50,000 drivers are issued court summons for speeding in the UK

each year

and this driver is not just speeding.

He's pushing, he's pushing every vehicle.

He is literally bullying with the size of vehicle,

up to people's bumpers and bullying them out of the way.

We're now in the 50s and he's doing over 80mph.

Well, if something should happen now, like,

or something changed lane then...

they don't stand a prayer.

These motorway cops are in an unmarked car.

It's a useful tool in the fight against aggressive speeders.

The beauty is that you catch unsuspecting people, erm,

committing offences that put your average driver...

who are trying to get from A to B safely, erm, in jeopardy.

Once they have the evidence on tape they pull the driver over.

You never know who's in the vehicle, the reason for speeding,

what they're doing...

Hello.

Can you just do us a favour? Turn your engine off

and just come back to our car.

Just jump in back, we'll just have a word in there.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-Is it your vehicle?

-Yes, it is.

-What's your first name, please?

-It's Gareth.

-Gareth?

-Yes.

Is there any reason why you're travelling at that speed today?

Not really, I mean... I have to be at an appointment by 11.30 but er...

What's the appointment you're going for? What is it you're doing?

-Er... I'm a business consultant.

-All right.

Quality systems and that sort...

'It is everyone from every walk of life'

in every kind of vehicle that you can probably imagine.

All with a different agenda on their mind.

All going from A to B and doing it, also, very differently.

We've done a following check on your vehicle

which is going at an average speed of 99.83mph.

I honestly didn't realise I was exceeding it to that limit.

The officers replay the Vascar recording to the driver.

You came past us rather quick.

And most of the time that we were following you...

you were exceeding over 100mph, around 103mph.

But then here, where these signs are...

..you're doing in excess of 70mph and past some of the 60 signs

you're actually doing in excess of 80mph past the signs.

But, as well as that, when you are coming up on a motorist

in front of you...

..you aren't leaving any kind of gap whatsoever.

What you are doing is... absolutely...

..bullying the car in front of you to get out of your way.

And when I say, "bullying" I really do mean "bullying".

It's literally,

"Get out of my way or I'm going to shove you out of the way."

That is exactly what you were doing, you are using two tonne of car,

potentially, as a weapon to intimidate people to get

out of your way or else.

I'm sometimes harsh with people but.. I'm harsh to get the point across.

-That wasn't...

-There was a gap like that.

-Between you and the car in front.

-That wasn't my intention.

At 80-odd mph in absolute pouring- down conditions on a motorway.

-And that is how people die every day.

-I...

-Appalling.

..appreciate what you're saying. I mean...

-I'm not proud of... you know...

-But if you're not even aware

you're doing it you're not thinking about it either, are you?

If you saw someone driving like that what would you think?

Yeah... no, I... can't disagree with what you're saying.

-I'm not trying to defend myself.

-No, I know.

But I'm just pointing it out to you because I want you to think,

-in future...

-I, trust me...

-..before you have an accident

-and before you kill someone.

-Trust me, this is really bringing it

-home to me.

-Good.

And as soon as it was pointed out to him

he then realised exactly what he were doing.

And was very remorseful for it.

And, genuinely, I think that will have made him think.

I know you've got a job to do and I apologise that I created this

-situation where...

-It's all right, yeah...

No-one has been injured.

-Our concern is that you kill yourself or you kill somebody else...

-Yeah.

And if that's averted that now and you drive all the time

on the motorway and it's now going to make you think a little bit -

"Look how close I am to this car. It's raining, it's wet...

"and I'm doing over 100mph...

"I wouldn't want to do that in the dry, never mind in the wet

or in the down-pouring rain like that." If it makes you think

and it stops something happening...

-that's what we're here for.

-It's, it's...

And that's all we're bothered about.

After 22 years on the job, Mark has seen how the motorway can

change even the most mild-mannered driver.

'I've no doubt that this gentleman

'is a completely, law-abiding citizen'

who, genuinely, would not go around even considering breaking the law.

Or causing any harm to anyone.

I wasn't conscious of it, the same as I wasn't conscious

that I was, if you like, almost forcing people out of the fast lane

into the next one. Erm...

It wasn't deliberate. I mean, I'm not...

Well, I don't like to think that I'm that sort of person. Erm...

I suppose the lesson is that you... regardless of the car or

conditions or anything, you have to control your driving safely.

I promise - I've learnt my lesson.

It's that mentality - "I'm in a vehicle,

"Me doors are closed, me windows are up...

"I'm in my own little safe space..."

Erm... other things on their mind and they forget, when it goes wrong,

you can't turn back the clock.

For driving over 95mph, the driver leaves with a ticket

and a court summons.

I could never see him going around a supermarket with a trolley

barging people's legs because they're in front of him and

they are going around too slow

and he wants to get his shopping done.

The problem was...

He's so cocooned in his own little world

of what he's doing, where he's getting, thinking about what

he's going to say to these people and all the rest of it that he's just

completely oblivious to the fact that...

he is a death waiting to happen.

It can almost be a... a Jekyll and Hyde with some drivers

and they can change, they get behind a wheel of a car,

from how they are - nice, mild, polite... into having an agenda

and needing their vehicle to get from A to B and that's what they do.

While the repentant man is on his way with a ticket...

20 miles away the driver stopped by Michelle and Andy isn't

so lucky, He's not going anywhere soon.

Because they've discovered something more serious.

So, we've got a bit of a problem, haven't we?

Cos you're not covered to drive that Social, Domestic and Pleasure

which is what you're doing. You're driving the vehicle for your friend.

To collect your friend once he drops the vehicle off.

-It's not for your business, is it?

-See, because of that we can

no longer allow you to continue your journey in that vehicle.

We have to seize the vehicle. OK?

And report you for the offence of driving with no insurance.

Wow.

This is one of those cases, Herman, where it's all about

reading the small print on your policy.

There was no big sign on his car saying - "I have no insurance."

Had he have been driving well we wouldn't have looked twice at him.

-Oh, God.

-What's your occupation, Herman?

Erm, I work as... Right now as a social carer.

-A carer?

-Yeah, a social carer.

I wonder how long it takes for your mate to realise you're

not behind him any more? Do you think he's carried on driving,

or do you think he knows you're no longer behind him?

I don't know whether he knows.

This is my friend phoning now. She'll think he has arrived.

-Can I just answer...?

-Yeah, course you can, feel free to answer your phone.

-Hello...

No, you know what? I've been stopped by the traffic police.

They say my policy doesn't allow me to drive on social...

unless if it's business it can allow me to drive.

No, no, no! I'm in the police car right now.

Where, where's your friend?

Er, just... have you arrived?

You have arrived?

Oh, gosh. You've driven over ten miles without noticing me being not behind you.

To be fair, he was that close behind him he probably wouldn't have been able to see him in his mirrors!

He was a genuinely nice guy. It's just one of those things.

And I did feel sorry for him.

I'm going to give you a copy of this form, Herman, OK?

-This explains...

-Uh-hm.

..why we've taken the vehicle under 143 of the Road Traffic Act

which is "No Insurance".

Currently, erm... for driving a motor vehicle with no insurance

-we'll offer you a fixed penalty of six points and a £300 fine.

-Wow.

Yeah. It's going to hit you hard in the pocket is this one, I'm afraid.

Six points?!

Six points for no insurance and a £300 fine, I'm afraid, yes.

Oh...!

-And it's just being a favour... and that.

-Hm.

Like I said, it's all about reading the fine print on your insurance

policy and knowing exactly what you can and can't do.

Oh, no, I feel so gutted.

Oh, God!

'If somebody asked him to do him a favour'

and it involves driving a car again, I bet you...

er... ten to one he'll be looking at his insurance policy document.

His attitude to the cops has persuaded them to go

the extra mile to help him out.

He's been right with us, he's been nice to us.

'I'll treat somebody as they treat me.'

Where's the easiest place for us to drop you off so you can get back to Leeds?

Want us to drop you off at Wakefield Bus Station?

If that's the only option...

-..I'll go with that.

-Yeah, OK.

'Whilst we could have just driven to the next junction'

and dropped him off there...

erm... you know...

we've got a heart, we're not going to leave him to walk for miles

and miles.

-I see you've travelled a bit.

-Well, I've travelled a bit.

-Yeah?

Have you ever been to Cleckheaton? SHE CHUCKLES

-Sorry?

-Have you ever been to Cleckheaton?

Well, in England I've been to... all.. in Leeds on its own

I've been to almost each and every... I love travelling...

My colleague's never been out of Cleckheaton so...

LAUGHTER

-You'd be wise to visit.

-Yeah.

I trained as a journalist and I like visiting places.

Yeah. No, trust me, I'd stay away from Cleckheaton

-if you like visiting places...

-LAUGHTER

-..it's not a nice place to visit.

-LAUGHTER

He's been nice to us so why not have a bit of a chat, why not ask him

about his day and his life and, you know, get to know him a bit more?

-Who's your team, Herman?

-I love watching Arsenal.

-Yeah?

-Yeah, I used to love watching Leeds.

-Leeds are my team.

-Oh, God, they're

-BLEEP

-nowadays.

They're rubbish, yeah, but we still watch them.

You still watch them but...

I enjoy that weekly disappointment, I look forward to it.

HE LAUGHS

The two young men who stowed away in the back of a Slovakian truck

were granted a temporary release pending further investigation.

No action was taken against the truck driver.

The play-acting, uncooperative drink driver was

disqualified from driving for 20 months.

The driver of the car who smashed into a railing on a slip road

of the M62 and fled across six lanes of motorway pleaded guilty

to driving over the prescribed limit and failing to stop

at an accident and was given a 12-month community order

of 80 hours unpaid work and disqualified for 12 months.

No further action was taken against the passenger.

The suspect who Gudge arrested for running away from a car on a garage

forecourt in Bradford was found guilty of driving without

a licence and no insurance.

The repentant tailgater, caught speeding at 95mph, in the wet

on the M62 was found guilty at court.

And the man who was caught driving his friend's car without the correct

insurance received six points on his licence

and a £300 fine.