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This shocking dashcam footage captures the moment a driver overtakes on the central reservation of the M5.

The footage was taken on Sunday just before 11am on the M5 heading southbound the and shows an Audi driver gaining quickly on a Volvo travelling in the outside lane.

It appeared to have happened shortly before junction 14 of the M5 for Dursley.

After briefly slowing behind the Volvo, the Audi driver then veers to the right hand side of the lane, crossing into the central reservation and overtaking between the other car and the crash barrier.

Straddling the white line which marks the edge of the carriageway, the car throws up clouds of dirt and debris, which usually sits undisturbed on the reservation, and forces the driver in the outside lane to take evasive action.

The Audi driver completes the highly dangerous manoeuvre a fraction of a second before reaching a section of road where the barrier moves closer to the carriageway, and grass and weeds replace road surface.

The video was posted to Avon and Somerset Police on Twitter on Sunday and the force asked the user to report it through their website.