Police arrest erratically-driving trucker who had massive TV attached to dashboard

Australian police charged a truck driver after catching him driving with a large-screen TV attached to the dashboard of his rig.

Goulburn Highway Patrol officers stopped a semi-trailer on the Hume Highway after reports of erratic driving. Police spoke with the 32-year-old driver and found a 32cm wide television screen bolted onto the dashboard, hooked up to a portable DVD player.



The position and size of the screen meant a significant section of the windscreen was obscured, making driving extremely dangerous, police said.

The truck driver from Western Australia has been issued with traffic infringement notices for a number of offences, including drive vehicle without clear view and driving while using a hand held mobile phone.