More than 200 people have been nabbed driving illegally in the emergency lane on the Western Ring Road over the long weekend.

As well as illegal lane users, police charged four drivers with drink-driving offences, and four others had their cars impounded.

Twenty of the drivers picked up by police were texting or talking on their mobile phones at the time.

Motorists reportedly cheered highway police as they nabbed other drivers on the ring road in Sunshine.