Driver is filmed giving his beard a trim as he drives down a motorway

Close shave! Driver is filmed giving his beard a trim as he drives down a busy motorway

  • A middle-aged man is filmed trimming his beard on the M5 near Birmingham 
  • He absent-mindedly tends to his beard and takes both hands off steering wheel  
  • The motorist can be seen using an electric razor to tend to his grey stubble 

This is the bizarre moment a driver takes both hands off the steering wheel to shave his beard while driving down a busy motorway.

The middle-aged driver was filmed on the M5 near Birmingham using an electric razor to trim his grey stubble as he drove.

Driving a blue soft-top Saab 9-3, the motorist absent-mindedly tends to his beard and at one point takes both hands off the steering wheel. 

The middle-aged driver is filmed on the M5 near Birmingham using an electric razor to trim his grey stubble 

The person filming can be heard saying: ‘Having a casual shave’.  

The man, who was driving to Nottingham with his 20-year-old son, said: ‘My son and I were driving down the M5 past Birmingham when we saw him shaving.

‘Then we ran into traffic and we could clearly see him trimming his beard.


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‘My son has only just started having driving lessons so I’d been giving him pointers on what not to do. I added shaving to the list.’

The incident took place on December 27 whilst thousands took to the roads in order to visit family over the festive period.

A spokesman from Brake, the national road safety charity, slammed the careless man.

He said: ‘It is absolutely astounding to see this driver shaving behind the wheel.

‘Driving is a highly complex task, where even a momentary lack of focus can be fatal.

Driving a blue soft-top Saab 9-3, the motorist absent-mindedly tends to his beard and at one point takes both hands off the steering wheel

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