A ‘SELFISH’ and ‘arrogant’ driver is being investigated by police after being caught on camera using a left-hand lane to undertake and cut across traffic to turn right.

The footage was sent to the Telegraph & Argus as part of our Stop the Danger Drivers campaign and has been passed on to the police’s Operation Steerside team.

The driver of a white Vauxhall Insignia moves past a number of vehicles waiting in the right-hand lane on City Road, Bradford, to turn right on to Thornton Road.

They then move into the clear left-hand lane, mounting the kerb to do so, to cut across traffic waiting in the right-hand lane.

The vehicle then cuts across the waiting traffic to turn right on to Thornton Road, indicating right as it moved across.

Fortunately, no-one was injured in the incident which took place at around 4.55pm on July 7.

Sergeant Cameron Buchan, who is in charge of Operation Steerside, which was set-up on the back of the T&A’s campaign, condemned the Vauxhall Insignia driver and said the police would investigate.

He said the incident was an example of why Operation Steerside had been established.

“It does seem like a very impatient and selfish driver," Sgt Buchan added.

“They think their need is greater than anybody else’s. They are not caring.

“At its best, it is an example of impatience, at its worst it's arrogance. It is also an example of selfish driving.”

“It seems like the driver was driving without due care and attention and is exactly the type of example of driving that Steerside investigates.

“Thankfully, no accident happened, but driving like this can cause accidents.”

The incident was caught on a dashboard camera by a driver waiting in the traffic.

The driver who filmed the incident, and did not want to be named, feared it may encourage other people to do the same.

“I was shocked that someone could do this," he said.

“A lot of other people could have tried to have copied it.

“The driver did not care, as long as they go on to Thornton Road."

He said other people had to wait and the manoeuvre could have been a danger to any children walking on the pavement.

“The next time somebody could get hurt in a situation like this," he said.

“It was lucky no-one was injured.”

The Stop the Danger Drivers campaign started in November with a ten-point charter including calls for the standard of driver training and testing to be improved, the minimum age for a full driving licence to be increased to 18 and a 12-month probationally status for new drivers.

If you have dashboard footage you would like to share with the T&A, email it to newsdesk@telegraphandargus.co.uk.

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