A Coventry man who decided to travel northbound on the M6 to collect an eBay purchase has been stopped in his tracks by police.

Officers inspected the car yesterday (March 29) after it was pulled over on the motorway in Cheshire.

The car was found to be carrying windows, which the man had purchased online through eBay and driven to collect in Salford.

This is despite the government advice that people should only leave their houses at the moment for essential travel.

There was also another surprise load in the boot of the car - the man's wife.

It appeared that she could not fit in the vehicle with the driver and the windows, so they had decided she should travel in the boot on the return journey to Coventry.

The male driver was given a Traffic Offence Report (TOR) for the incident.

A tweet put out by North West Motorway Police said: "A driver has travelled from Coventry to Salford to collect a £15 EBay purchase of windows.


"The driver was given a TOR for the offence."

On twitter, there were many replies to the tweet, including: "It's not funny but you have to laugh... what on earth are people doing" and "I am just dumb struck..."