- Officers were laying in wait to snare a wanted driver using a series of Stingers
- But the motorist simply mounter the verge and drove past the devices
- The embarrassing gaffe happened on the A449 and was recorded on a dashcam
This is the moment a police operation to stop a dangerous driver went badly wrong as nearby motorists watched in amusement.
Officers had stopped traffic and cordoned off part of a roundabout near to a slip road off the M4.
They were laying in wait to snare a wanted driver using a series of Stingers placed on the road.
But the motorist simply mounted the verge, bypassing waiting cars, and drove on.
The motorist simply mounted the verge, bypassing waiting cars, and drove on
Dozens of cars were forced to wait as officers used their cars to block entry onto the roundabout, not far from Newport
Chauffeur Jo Anderson caught the embarrassing gaffe while waiting in stationary traffic on the A449 as she drove a client to Heathrow Airport.
Jo, of Gloucester, said dozens of cars were forced to wait as officers used their cars to block entry onto the roundabout, not far from Newport.
The 59-year-old said: ‘We didn’t know what was going on at first. We were there for about four or five minutes.
Officers had stopped traffic and cordoned off part of a roundabout near to a slip road off the M4
‘Suddenly all these police officers were running in between the cars shouting and the car they were after just mounted the verge and drove off.
‘They were left standing about with ‘oh my God’ looks on their faces.
‘The car missed the stingers and just continued on its way. It was almost funny. Why they didn’t block the verge off, who knows?’