Car stopped on M1 with infants sitting on laps

A grey Yaris car stopped on the M1 motorwayImage source, Hertfordshire Police
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The BCH Road Policing Unit stopped the car on the M1 motorway at Redbourn on Thursday evening

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Two small children have been spotted travelling on passengers' laps in a car on a motorway with no seatbelts around them.

Hertfordshire Police said its unmarked vehicle stopped a Yaris on the M1 at Redbourn near St Albans at about 18:35 BST on Thursday.

Officers discovered both children were "unrestrained" in the rear of the vehicle.

The car was told to leave the motorway and the driver and passengers were "dealt with via a Traffic Offence Report", it added.

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