Lancashire Police hits out at those who abandoned vehicles while the motorway was temporarily shut.
Drivers who left their cars and allowed children to play Frisbee and football while a motorway was temporarily closed have been criticised by police for creating a "very dangerous" situation.
The force said many people "unbelievably" abandoned their cars to head to service stations and allowed children to "run freely on the carriageway".Drivers are urged to stay in their vehicles and wait for instructions from police or National Highways if they find themselves in a tailback. The force have released images of the vehicles near junction 33 of the motorway to highlight the problem.
He said officers had been "seeing this happening more and more, with people thinking this behaviour is acceptable when it is clearly not".
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