Merseyside Police stop motorist driving 'Ace Ventura" style hanging from window of snow-covered car

Merseyside Police officers have stopped a motorist as he drove his snow-covered car by hanging out of the window 'Ace Ventura' style.

The car's windscreen was totally covered by snow and ice when officer's spotted it, calling the driver's behaviour "simply not acceptable".

Posting the image on social media they captioned it, “Just when you think you have seen it all!

“This vehicle was being driven exactly as you see it in the picture with the driver hanging out of the window Ace Ventura-style.

“We didn’t think we needed to say it, but that is simply not acceptable and the driver has been reported.”

In the 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, actor Jim Carrey’s character drives a car with his head out of the window because the windscreen was smashed.

AA president Edmund King says, “We have previously warned of dangerous ‘tank commander’ drivers who just scrape a small hole on the windscreen to peer out, but this example is a much more kamikaze approach as the driver won’t see a thing.

“It only takes 10 minutes maximum to scrape a windscreen.

“Or you can get an electric vehicle which can be preconditioned to defrost the car.”

Under the Road Traffic Act 1988, drivers must have a “full view of the road and traffic ahead”.

Failing to remove snow properly from a windscreen could result in a £60 fine and three penalty points.

As the weather has become increasingly severe Merseyside Police urged drivers to “take extra care” in wintry conditions.

The force posted images on X showing the aftermath of a crash between a Land Rover and a car, with both vehicles and a pedestrian barrier badly damaged.

There were “no serious injuries”, the force said.