'How we are helping foreign drivers adapt to our roads' ; As Cars and lorries roll off the Pride of Rotterdam ferry into Hull, police lie in wait.

From: Hull Daily Mail (UK) | Date: May 10, 2008 | Copyright information

As Cars and lorries roll off the Pride of Rotterdam ferry into Hull, police lie in wait.

Officers form an impromptu roadblock on the road leading from King George Dock.

Humberside Police traffic officers, dressed in high-visibility jackets, are one of the first sights to greet newcomers to Britain.

The foreign vehicles are relatively easy to spot - number plates bearing the letters, NL, D, and LT pass in quick succession.

Officers signal the foreign drivers to stop ...

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