Taking the law into your own hands is never a great idea -- especially when the person you're trying to stop happens to be the police.

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North West Motorway Police shared the following video on their official Twitter account on Monday. It shows dashcam footage from one of their vehicles.

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"Don't take matters into your own hands and decide who uses the hard shoulder," the police captioned the video. "Driver didn't realise it was a liveried X5."

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From the sounds of it, the lorry driver will probably be regretting their decision.

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Oh dear.

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