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| Driver filmed moving cones on A12 roadworks in Essex fined | Driver filmed moving cones on A12 roadworks in Essex fined |
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| A driver stuck in a traffic jam has been fined after being filmed moving cones from a sectioned-off area of a dual carriageway before trying to cut through to another lane. | A driver stuck in a traffic jam has been fined after being filmed moving cones from a sectioned-off area of a dual carriageway before trying to cut through to another lane. |
| Footage was taken by another driver in stationary traffic on the northbound A12, at Marks Tey, in Essex on Tuesday, 18 April. | Footage was taken by another driver in stationary traffic on the northbound A12, at Marks Tey, in Essex on Tuesday, 18 April. |
| It showed the 66-year-old woman, from south London, getting out of her car, moving the cones, then attempting to drive through the coned-off roadworks section in order to join a lane of free-flowing traffic. | It showed the 66-year-old woman, from south London, getting out of her car, moving the cones, then attempting to drive through the coned-off roadworks section in order to join a lane of free-flowing traffic. |
| National Highways said it issued the driver with a conditional caution and fined her £100, with the money going to a road worker safety charity. | |
| The footage also showed a highways worker stepping in to order her back into the lane she had come from. | The footage also showed a highways worker stepping in to order her back into the lane she had come from. |