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| M25 trucker fined for making lunch on side of M25 | |
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| A lorry driver was spotted preparing his lunch on his vehicle's fuel tank while on the hard shoulder of a motorway. | A lorry driver was spotted preparing his lunch on his vehicle's fuel tank while on the hard shoulder of a motorway. |
| The salad-making trucker had stopped for a "rest break" on the M25 near St Albans on Tuesday morning. | The salad-making trucker had stopped for a "rest break" on the M25 near St Albans on Tuesday morning. |
| He was seen chopping tomatoes and onions on the outside of his lorry, and was told the hard shoulder was "not the best place to prepare dinner". | He was seen chopping tomatoes and onions on the outside of his lorry, and was told the hard shoulder was "not the best place to prepare dinner". |
| The healthy HGV driver was fined by police. | The healthy HGV driver was fined by police. |
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| A number of people commented after officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit wrote about the incident on Twitter. | A number of people commented after officers from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire road policing unit wrote about the incident on Twitter. |
| One said: "Truckers get hungry you know," and a number commented on the driver's healthy meal choice. | One said: "Truckers get hungry you know," and a number commented on the driver's healthy meal choice. |
| "You do have to say he eats healthy," another said. | "You do have to say he eats healthy," another said. |
| A road policing officer said: "The driver stopped on hard shoulder for rest break and decided to make his lunch on the diesel tank. [He was] issued with a graduated fine." | A road policing officer said: "The driver stopped on hard shoulder for rest break and decided to make his lunch on the diesel tank. [He was] issued with a graduated fine." |