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Australian police have ‘made contact’ with a young motorist who appeared to be driving along a Melbourne motorway with his legs hanging out of the window.
Police had pleaded with him to come forward after pictures emerged on the internet.
It appeared to show the driver speeding down the Eastern Freeway with his legs protruding from the side window while the vehicle hurtles along in cruise control.
The picture was taken by another motorist.
‘I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,’ said the motorist who took the picture, identifying himself only as Stewart.
‘I thought “If his right foot’s outside the window, how is he accelerating?” Then I saw both feet out of the window and I thought “Bloody hell”.’
The driver, he said, was travelling over the speed limit with a number of other people in the car.
'He looked very young,’ said Stewart. ‘This guy’s a risk to my safety. I don’t want to share the road with people like that.’
However, the photograph has now provoked a debate about if they are really the driver’s legs.
One man has even put the controversy to the test by getting into his own car in his garage and trying to emulate the driver’s position. His verdict: impossible, unless the driver is a contortionist.
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