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Ruth Mosalski

Driver who drove with another car on top of his given three points on his licence

This is the extraordinary moment a driver took to the road with another car precariously balanced on the roof of his vehicle.

Glyndwr Wyn Hughes was spotted at the wheel of a silver Volkswagen Passat with a Skoda Octavia perched on top as he drove through an industrial estate.

The 51-year-old has been slapped with three penalty points on his licence after he admitted driving a vehicle in a condition likely to cause danger or injury.

He was caught on camera driving at the Glan yr Afon industrial estate in Aberystwyth on March 26 just before 10am.

When he appeared at Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court Hughes, of Maes Isfryn in Llanfarian, Ceredigion , was also fined £80 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge as well as £85 costs.

A spokesman for road safety charity Brake said: "This is incredibly dangerous behaviour which could have had potentially devastating consequences and has, quite rightly, been punished accordingly."

Part of the incident was caught on camera (Crown Prosecution Service)

In the aftermath of pictures of the incident circulating online in the spring officers from Dyfed-Powys Police tweeted saying: “That’s no way to move a second vehicle.”

At that stage a force spokeswoman said an investigation into the incident was ongoing and added: “Advice to the public is that when transporting vehicles it should only be done via specialist trailers with sufficient straps to fully secure the load to all corners.

“Also extra entitlement may be needed on driving licences if the test was passed after 1997.”

In May this year a man was seen climbing onto the roof of a moving car as it travelled down the A469 between Ystrad Mynach and Llanbradach.

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