Police have slammed the owner of a caravan as “totally reckless” after dumping the vehicle on a road along the Powys-Shropshire border.
Officers were called out following reports that a white caravan was left on a live carriageway on the A490 between Chirbury and Churchstoke.
West Mercia Police’s South Shropshire-based Safer Neighbourhoods Team tweeted: “This is totally reckless and puts members of the public at risk!
“This act also diverts us from more serious matters.”
A photo shared on Twitter of the abandoned caravan shows a police vehicle and traffic cones placed near the vehicle between the two border villages.
Councils must remove abandoned vehicles from roads and can penalise people either by issuing a fixed penalty notice if the offence is relatively minor, or by prosecuting them, according to government guidance.
If the owner cannot be found or fails to comply with a seven days’ written notice to collect the vehicle, authorities may dispose of the vehicle. If it is sold, the owner can claim the money raised up to a year later minus the authorities’ removal, storage and disposal costs.
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