The RAC also said 'the situation was made worse' by some drivers' actions
Traffic officers at Greater Manchester Police said 'illegal drivers' caused 'severe delays' to them clearing the heavy snow from the M62 overnight.
This comes after some drivers got 'completely stuck' in the gridlocked traffic for as long as seven hours as closures were put in place overnight. Severe delays remain on the eastbound side of the motorway this morning, with drivers still being warned of three-hour delays. At around 3.40am this morning, GMP’s traffic officers posted a message on their Twitter account which said: " doing our best, but ploughing/gritting have been severely delayed due to the hard shoulder and red X lanes being blocked by some drivers illegally using them."
"The situation was made worse by drivers overtaking slower moving traffic only to find themselves stuck in a lane of fresh snow."
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