Middle-aged man spotted casually driving fairground bumper car down public road in Essex

A DRIVER was baffled when he spotted a man driving a bumper car down a public road.

The dodgem was captured on dash cam as it pulled up at a junction in Harlow, Essex.

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The footage was recorded by a vehicle belonging to HD Property Services at 6pm on Wednesday.

In the short clip, the dashcam driver can be seen cruising along a quiet street.

Then suddenly the fairground vehicle appears at a junction.

Driven by a balding middle-aged man in a vest, it pulls out into the flow of traffic and carries on its merry way.

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Ben Peters, who runs Telematics Pro UK Ltd which supplied the dash cam, said he couldn't believe his eyes when he first watched the clip.

He said: "I just thought oh my God, is that really a dodgem? I know that electronic cars are popular, but this is another level.

"I can only assume that he has amended it to make it into a road legal vehicle. I have never seen anything like it before in my life."

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On social media, one user commented: “New police cars. Budget cuts and all that.”

While another user posted: “He's leaving the scene of his own crime of taking new car batteries from a few cars and using a quiet getaway car.”

It is not yet known how the dodgem is being powered.