Police have commented after officers spotted a motorist driving in an unconventional way.

An officer from the roads policing unit said: ’Just in case anyone was in doubt, if you attempt to drive your vehicle with a broken accelerator cable by putting the said cable through the open driver’s window and then pulling on it by hand as a means of propulsion, chances are you will be spotted by one of our team.

’The above may seem obvious, but it clearly wasn’t to one driver this evening who somehow had driven from Peel to Douglas in this manner and felt very deflated when one of our roads policing unit officers did not share the same enthusiasm for his ingenuity.

’Having his vehicle seized for being in a dangerous condition was obviously not quite the Christmas “gift” he had asked Santa for.

If your vehicle is not roadworthy, leave it at home or with a mechanic.

’Don’t “give it a go” using unapproved, unorthodox and frankly, unsafe alternative methods. Your attention should be on your driving and other road users, not your personal effort of “Junkyard Junkies”.’