A driver has had their vehicle seized by DVSA enforcement officers after they were found to be transporting an illegally large amount of bricks.
Following enforcement action from the DVSA and the Central Motorway Police Group, several vehicles were stopped in a bid to make roads safer.
The CMPG, which is made up of Staffordshire Police and West Midlands Police, worked with the DVSA enforcement team to monitor roads.
During the "very productive operation", the CMPG and the DVSA enforcement team issued 14 vehicles with prohibitions for various reasons.
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The DVSA enforcement team pulled over a number of vehicles
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It included four vehicles being seized for not having insurance or tax and one stolen vehicle being recovered at J3 of the M5.
The most bizarre incident saw a small car pulled over for carrying loose bricks in the back seats and in the boot.
The vehicle was presumably pulled over for carrying cargo in an unsafe manner, as well as being over the maximum authorised mass for a vehicle.
Images posted on social media show some of the bricks stacked correctly and others loose, pushing up against the side windows and edges of the boot.
Had the car not been pulled over, the driver could have sustained serious injuries if the vehicle was involved in a crash or had to brake suddenly.
Praising the enforcement action on X, the official DVSA account posted: "Great work from everyone involved.
"Our teams up and down the country work every day to keep Britain's roads safer."
However, the pictures were met with humour from people on social media who saw the funny side of the potentially hazardous incident.
One user said: "I bet he was bricking it when he saw your blue lights."
Another added: "It didn't take much to build a case against them, the evidence was stacked up ..."
Other motorists joked that it was a good way to lower the car or even save on delivery costs for the bricks.
A third commenter responded: "Ah maybe he thought as bricks had holes in them it would make them very light to carry."
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The DVSA congratulated the work being done to make the roads safer
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Most drivers with a standard licence can operate a regular vehicle with a maximum authorised mass of 3,500kg, with this restriction being noted on the licence.