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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Chris Attridge

Keep your eyes on the road, warn police, as driver stopped for using phone at wheel

Police have warned motorists to keep their eyes on the road, after a driver was stopped for allegedly using their phone at the wheel.

Traffic officers stopped a red Peugeot 206 travelling on the M56 on Wednesday.

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Officers said the driver, who was travelling in slow-moving traffic on the motorway, was in a "world of their own as they began to play on their phone".

The driver was stopped at the side of the road and reported, police said.

In a warning on Twitter posted on Wednesday night, Greater Manchester Police traffic officers said: "Stay alert and keep your eyes on the road. Not your phone."

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