Motorist drove with limited visibilty

Footage filmed by a fellow motorist shows the driver of a blue Jaguar XF travelling along a busy Leicestershire road with the view ahead completely obscured but for a tiny hole in the thick blanket of snow covering the car's windscreen. The footage was shot by Mark Saunders in Cambridge Road, between Cosby and Whetstone.



The 31-year-old, from Blaby, captured it on an in-car camera installed for insurance purposes after he was involved in a collision where fault was disputed. He said: "I was amazed by what I saw coming toward me. It was sheer lunacy. The area they had cleared appeared to be the size of a small plate at best. The thick cover of snow around this tiny hole also remained on the roof and covered the entire rear of the car.

"They had no visibility apart from a tiny hole they'd made in the snow or ice on the windscreen. You can only hope he or she got to wherever they were going without hurting someone." Luke Bosdet, spokesman for the AA, said: "There is absolutely no excuse. It is pure laziness and stupidity. It is difficult to even begin to imagine how they thought their car was safe to drive in this condition."


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Ellen Booth, senior campaigns officer, at road safety campaign group Brake, said: "Being able to see the road ahead is one of the most basic requirements of safe driving, so driving with such limited visibility is highly dangerous." A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said: "If this is genuine it could amount to dangerous driving – and worse if someone was injured."