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West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit spotted the car at Hartshead Services on the M62.

Officers first noticed the glass in one of the wing mirrors was missing.

As police carried out checks on the vehicle and driver they found that he was not insured and was a non licence holder,

The VW Golf was seized by police at Hartshead services

A spokesperson for the unit said: "He was planning on driving to Cheshire prior to being stopped, and asked to be allowed to continue his journey!"

The car was seized and the driver reported.

What is the road policing unit?

The road policing unit is responsible for the policing of the road network throughout the Force, an area of 2029 km2 with a population of approximately 2,108,000 people.

Within this area there are roads of all types including one of the busiest motorway networks in Europe.

This network includes the M62 Trans-Pennine motorway; the highest and the most congested in the country.

As well as the M62 the unit also cover the M1, M621, M606, A1 and A1(M); a total distance of over 213 carriageway miles in some of the most challenging of environments.

Safer Roads Officers are part of a larger team of officers and operate from two strategically placed bases to cover the Force area; including the motorway network and to maximize the use of the resources available at any one time.

This co-location helps to facilitate effective relationships with local NPT and Response Commanders to jointly tackle local issues.

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Driver with no licence asked police if he could still drive to Cheshire from Hartsehad services