Wild elephants searching trucks for food caused a traffic jam in Thailand.

Footage shows the jumbos occupying the opposite lane next to passing vehicles in Chachoengsao province on January 6.

Officers pushed the creatures back to the forest to ease the flow of cars on the road.

Thailand has an estimated 2,000 Asian elephants living in the wild where they wander freely among protected forests. Male Asian elephants, unlike African elephants, roam alone once they are over 10 years old while females remain with the herd.

There is sometimes conflict when they come into contact with humans on roads and in villages so wildlife rangers are tasked with monitoring their movements.

A similar number of elephants in the country are also kept in captivity to work in the tourist industry or at religious festivals and weddings. A small number still work in commercial logging.