This is the moment a fed-up driver took his children and dog for a walk on the M80 in Scotland after a heavy snowfall brought traffic to a standstill, leaving hundreds stranded.

The footage, captured last night (February 28), shows the man strolling along the motorway with his two children and dog during a blizzard.

The filmer writes: ''We were stuck on the motorway and would have been there the whole night had I not decided to walk the kids home.

''I could not have let them try to sleep in the car with outside temps at -3 and dropping.

''There was not enough diesel to keep the engine on overnight so we had to walk home.

''It was a tough walk in very harsh conditions.

''To be honest, the kids coped really well, my little dog is 13-years-old so she was beginning to struggle a bit by the end.''

After being stuck on the M80 motorway for over 3 hours I was running low on Diesel & phone charge. It looked like we would be stuck there for the night as the snow was relentless. I moved the car into a safe place that would allow emergency vehicles to pass and too the decision to walk my young children and dog home, about a 2 mile walk. We managed this in roughly an hour.