A dopey driver tried to carry sofa on top of their car - before it flew off as they went around a roundabout.

The large charcoal grey sofa was spotted tied to the roof of the black Ford as it approached a roundabout in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on May 27.

A single piece of string attaching the furniture to the vehicle gave way as the car swung around and the sofa fell to the ground in the rain.

Thankfully no one appeared to be harmed in the incident.

A passenger, from London, who was following in another vehicle recorded the spectacle and said it was "an accident waiting to happen"."

He said: "Me and my wife were both in stitches."

"We were laughing so hard, I worried she might crash."

"It's a massive sofa with one tiny piece of string round it - what a clown."

"It was very funny but I did feel a bit sorry for him because it started raining very heavily, and there wasn't anywhere safe to stop and help him."