White Van Man Busted Reading Newspaper While Driving on Busy M3

A heating engineer sparked outrage after being caught reading a national newspaper while driving along the M3 in Hampshire – at just 40mph.

Shocking Sight on the Motorway

One stunned driver spotted the white van crawling along the motorway, newspaper propped up on the steering wheel as the man’s eyes stayed glued to the pages instead of the road.

Dangerous Driving on Rush Hour M3

Despite new road laws cracking down on distracted driving, the van driver carried on oblivious to the chaos he could cause during rush hour’s stop-start traffic.

When finally caught out, he simply tossed the paper onto the floor and sped off, putting not just himself but everyone else on the motorway at serious risk — all for a quick read behind the wheel.

Let’s hope that story was worth it.

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