This driver has really backed himself into a corner.
A video shot from a balcony above a Canadian motorway shows a car reverse over a hundred metres to get back to an exit it missed.
The footage was posted by a couple staying at an apartment looking out onto Toronto’s busy Gardiner Expressway, which has a speed limit of 90kmph (55 mph) and is accompanied by their amusing commentary on the driver’s antics.
After missing his exit the driver decides to reverse instead of wait until the next one, seemingly thinking they can get away with it because it is late and there is little traffic.
Posting the video on YouTube, they comment: ‘From our hotel balcony, we see a car stop in the middle of the highway and start driving in reverse! We were on the edge of our seats! Epic win or epic fail here?’
As the driver starts to back up, one person is heard saying: ‘This is such a bad idea.’
When the motorist sees there are no cars coming up behind him, he speeds up, eventually stopping and driving the right way down the exit ramp.
The driver missed the exit they wanted on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway one night this week
Not wanting to wait until the next exit, they brazenly decided to reverse up the road
The driver’s actions are punishable by a $85 (£55) fine and two driving licence points
The fine for reversing on a divided highway in Canada is $85 (£52) and two points on your driving licence.
After the clip racked up over half a million views, Toronto Police told the Toronto Sun they could not trace the incident.
Traffic services constable Clint Stibbe told the newspaper: ‘We don’t know when this occurred, there were no incidents that I could locate that matched this video.
‘That being said it could be listed under a number of different event types (hazard, impaired, unknown trouble to name a few).’
But Toronto Police said they could not find any other evidence of the hilarious incident
Once the driver had got back to the exit they stopped and drove the right way down the exit ramp as the couple filming cheered
Constable Stibbe said if the driver’s brazen reversing had caused a crash or any injuries, they would be facing criminal charges.
‘The driver of that vehicle could have injured or killed themselves or someone else.
‘Missing an exit is not the end of the world, the driver should have continued to the next exit and returned to the exit via the eastbound Gardiner Expressway.’
As the car is seen driving the right way down the exit ramp cheers are heard in the background and a female voice says: ‘The next exit would have been 50 miles down the road.’