‘Posh gentleman’ driver who told mechanics he’d crashed into a pothole had in fact been driving around with traffic sign stuck under his car for five days
- The customer had reportedly brought the vehicle into a garage in Edinburgh
- Motor vehicle technicians discovered 3.5ft traffic sign wedged under Ford Fiesta
- Colleagues Andy Dixon, 40, and Kevin Melrose, 33, say damage will cost £2,500
Two mechanics were left ‘flabbergasted’ when they discovered an entire traffic island sign stuck under a ‘posh gentleman’s’ car – who had driven around with it there for five days.
The customer had reportedly brought the vehicle into the Edinburgh, Scotland, garage last Tuesday complaining that he had ‘fallen in a pothole’ and damaged the bumper.
But motor vehicle technicians and work pals Andy Dixon, 40, and Kevin Melrose, 33, discovered the 3.5ft traffic sign wedged under the Ford Fiesta.
The 3.5ft traffic sign that the mechanics discovered underneath a confused driver’s car
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The man was so flummoxed when he was shown the signpost that he wouldn’t believe it had been found under his car until he was shown pictures of it melted on to his exhaust.
Dad-of-three Andy says he doesn’t believe someone could hit a traffic island without realising it unless they were intoxicated – and says the damage will cost £2,500 to fix.
Andy, from Edinburgh, said: ‘The gentleman’s initial complaint to our reception was that he thought the car had fallen into a pothole.
‘He thought that the exhaust was blowing and there was some damage to the front bumper.
‘We had to book the car in, and it had happened a couple of days before he called, so he had been driving around Edinburgh with it like that for about five days.
‘As soon as we got it in we noticed the damage on the front of the car so I put it up on the ramp about waist height and shone a light under it.
Kevin Melrose, 33, and Andy Dixon, 40, who discovered the sign underneath the Ford Fiesta
‘As I did, something caught my eye so I looked underneath – but I thought ‘no, that cannot be’.
‘So I stuck the ramp up [higher] and that’s when I saw the ‘keep left’ sign.
‘It was stuck to the exhaust and wedged under the exhaust bracket. It was melted to the exhaust.
‘It must have taken me about 30 seconds for my brain to realise exactly what it was. I tried to move it but it was wedged solid.
‘He has obviously hit a traffic island and gone over it and then this has got wedged underneath the car.’
Andy called his pal and fellow technician Kevin over to take a look at the ridiculous discovery, before the duo eventually brought the rest of the garage to see it as well as their manager.
The duo claims they were left in stitches at their find.
Dad-of-four Kevin, also from Edinburgh, said: ‘It is totally flabbergasting.
Andy, from Edinburgh, said: ‘The gentleman’s initial complaint to our reception was that he thought the car had fallen into a pothole’ but it was actually this sign melted under the car
‘It was a shock. We have no idea how he has done it. He would need to be drunk or be lying about what he has done.
‘He has either gone over the traffic island and lied about it or he has been intoxicated and done it, discovered the damage and thought ‘o-oh’.
‘For that to be stuck in there while he drove around for five days, something is wrong.’
The Fiesta was badly damaged and the pair estimate the £2,500 repair bill will include work on the front lights, radiator, front grill, bumper and more.
However the customer took a bit of convincing to believe the sign had been under his car.
The Fiesta was badly damaged and the pair estimate the £2,500 repair bill will include work on the front lights, radiator, front grill, bumper and more
Andy said: ‘Our service advisor came through with the traffic sign and showed it to the customer and he was like ‘no, that couldn’t have been under my car’.
‘So we had to show him the pictures and everything. He seemed very, very shocked so I didn’t think [he was lying].
‘But I don’t understand how he could have done that and not known.
‘The area the gentleman lives in is a nice area with expensive houses. It’s quite a posh area. Maybe he’s just a really bad driver.
‘The fact that he was totally oblivious that it was there in the first place, he must have been crazy.’
After sharing photos of the sign wedged underneath the vehicle with pals, Kevin says they were accused of faking the images so they were forced to pose with it in a selfie to prove it was real.
Kevin said: ‘I have never seen anything like it before. We’ve seen things get stuck under the car but nothing to this extent.
‘You can imagine how thick the sign is, it’s four inches thick and there’s some weight in it as well. It was heavy, very heavy.
‘We have seen the odd cat or rabbit or whatever stuck under a car or in the grill but never a traffic island sign.
‘Everybody who has seen it has been laughing at how shocking and bizarre that somebody can do that and drive around for five days without knowing.’
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