You need to be some sort of a plank to drive a car like this through Kettering ...

... and there was someone sitting in the front passenger seat, too!
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The driver of this Suzuki Swift did not have the cheek to ask police what he was getting a fine for after being pulled over recently.

The vehicle was seen heading through Kettering with a huge plank of wood sticking out from an open boot and through the front passenger window!

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Stunned officers from the Kettering Police Team were even more shocked to find a woman sitting in the front passenger seat when they approached the vehicle in Windsor Gardens .

Police spotted the vehicle heading through Kettering with wood sticking out. Photo: @KetteringPolicePolice spotted the vehicle heading through Kettering with wood sticking out. Photo: @KetteringPolice
Police spotted the vehicle heading through Kettering with wood sticking out. Photo: @KetteringPolice

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman confirmed the male driver was a given a £100 fixed penalty notice for a dangerous or insecure load.

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