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Pro-Brexit truckers said they "could bring the country to its knees" on Friday night as motorists from across the UK took part in a series of protests on some of the busiest motorways.

But it didn't quite seem to happen as planned.

Some events just didn't take place, and there were far fewer people than predicted at others. Traffic on the roads was heavy for a while in some areas, and there were some frustrated motorists stuck in queues, in Deeside for example, and on the M6 where three lanes of traffic were affected by the go-slow protest.

In Wales, around 100 pro-Brexiteers were due to met at Magor services at 6pm, before taking to the motorway with the aim of causing delays around the Prince of Wales Bridge.

They planned to drive slowly up the carriageway to create a rolling road block, but only a handful of vehicles could be seen, and there were no reports of any major traffic hold-ups, although queues were filmed travelling behind slow-moving vehicles over the Princes of Wales Bridge towards Bristol.

Some drivers in other parts of the UK were pulled over by the police for driving inconsiderately.

Around ten vehicles were taking part in the protest on the A30 in Cornwall and police confirmed on Twitter that nine were stopped and the front two were reported for "inconsiderate driving".

They were advised to "continue their way at an appropriate speed".

Drivers were pulled over on the A30

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The protesters faced a backlash on social media for causing slow traffic on a Friday evening.

Steven Kiley said: "Looks like a damp squid, but I lost four hours of pay today because of it. Construction site closed early due to forecast travel disruption."

Rob Corbett added: "Excellent, I'm glad this failed. It seemed like a really bad idea."

And Jeff Sparkes said: "Pathetic protest.

While James Cording tweeted: "Wow, that M4 Severn Bridge blockade really showed how committed the pro-brexit mob are. Hardly anyone turned up to the Gammonball Run."

(Image: Google Maps) (Image: Traffic Wales)

Others wondered whether adding traffic to the M4 at rush hour would even make a difference.

Paul Roberts said: "It needs to be on the M25 on a Monday morning."

While Chris Hughes had this to say: "The thing is, you wouldn’t notice much difference as the roads are slow every Friday."

But those at the protest wanted to make their message clear.

Julia Lewis said: “We are here to demonstrate tonight against the loss of our country’s democracy. We hope to achieve recognition that 17.4m voters voted to come out of the EU.

“They didn’t vote to come out on a certain deal, they didn’t vote to come out on a hard Brexit, a soft Brexit, we had a choice in or out and the country chose out.

(Image: Mark Lewis)

“There are a lot of remainers that wanted to stay in, but they weren’t the majority.

“Right back to the Magna Carta to now, that is democracy. The majority won.

“England played Wales recently in the rugby and they lost. Did they turn round and ask for a re-match? No, you can’t.

“The vote was cast and we were supposed to come out next Friday, that is our democratic right and that’s why I’m protesting.”

Ian Butler, who spoke to our photographer at the Magor services, added: “I am sick of hearing about the protest, I just want to get it sorted out, we just want to come out of Brexit.”

Fishermen from Pembrokeshire are due to get behind the pro-Brexit protests by holding their own blockade of Pembroke Dock Ferry Terminal on Saturday, March 23.