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Karma police - Cop's thumbs up after pulling over dangerous driver

That’s swift justice.

An impatient motorist who cut up a van suffered instant karma and was immediately pulled over by traffic cops – and a policeman then stuck up his thumb to the aggrieved driver.

The incident happened on the Blackpool Road, Lancashire.

Neil Hodson claims he had to slam on his brakes when a white Vauxhall Corsa pushed in front of him in rush hour traffic.

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But the Corsa driver was in for a surprise after his dangerous manoeuvre.

He obviously had not seen the police van and officers pounced.

Hodson said he was “smiling ear-to-ear” after the incident.

“I had a car on the trailer behind me so I was quite long and he clearly didn’t quite fancy staying behind me,” said Hodson.

“You can’t see it that well on the video, but I had to swerve quite a bit and hit the brakes when he pulled in.

Thumbs up! Police pull over the impatient driver (Mercury)
Thumbs up! Police pull over the impatient driver (Mercury)

“But he hadn’t seen the police officer behind me, and as I looked in the mirror and the officer put on the blues and twos.

“I have to admit that I was smiling ear-to-ear because he had been a bit of an idiot.

“It wasn’t crime-of-the century but it was bit amusing that he got caught as I see it happen quite a lot on the roads.”

Even better for Hodson, when he passed the police, an officer gave him the thumbs up.

Lancashire Police said it would not comment on the case.