Ferrari driver ‘waiting’ on hard shoulder is fined – but for unexpected reason

THE driver of a £200,000 Ferrari 488 Spider has been spoken to by the police for waiting on a motorway’s hard shoulder.

But the driver was fined for another reason, explained in a Tweet by the police force investigating the matter.

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According to the Highway Code: ‘You MUST NOT stop on any carriageway, emergency area, hard shoulder, slip road, central reservation or verge except in an emergency, or when told to do so by the police, traffic officers, an emergency sign or by red flashing light signals.’

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‘Waiting for a friend’ is not a good enough excuse, but it was the Ferrari’s windows that had police even less impressed.

The Tweet from the Central Motorway Police Group read: ‘M6 J10 we stopped a Ferrari 488 spider having seen it parked on the hard shoulder of a motorway waiting for a friend.

‘When stopped the windows were only letting in 31% of light, tints ripped off and FPN issued.

‘Hard shoulder is no place to stop and wait for friends.’

By law, a car’s front side windows must allow at least 70% of light.

The front windscreen should allow at least 75%.

The police uploaded a picture of the bright red Ferrari pulled over by the side of the road.

The next image is the Ferrari’s window with a window tint light meter attached to it.

The meter shines light through the glass and gives a percentage reading to the police that is used to determine whether or not a window is illegal.

In this case the window was, so the tints were removed and a fine was issued.

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