‘Absolute shed’ of a graffiti-covered car is taken off the road

It’s fair to say this car has probably seen better days – and the police seem to agree considering they’ve described it as an ‘absolute shed’.

With its bumpers missing and not a number plate in sight on the front, the vehicle has red, yellow and orange spray paint scrawled all over it.

What appeared to once be a Honda Jazz is now in complete disarray.

A wire dangles where the passenger side wing mirror used to be, paint-covered stickers line the body and it looks more like a graffiti artist’s practice wall than a car.

The bonnet looks like it’s bent out of shape, a windscreen wiper is missing, paint is partially covering the headlights and things are generally just an utter mess.

So you may not be stunned to find out the dilapidated car has been taken off the road for good after traffic cops spotted someone driving it around Watford.

Quite how they thought they were going to go unnoticed is anyone’s guess.

Even when Hertfordshire Police officers told the driver to pull over, they still tried to get away.

Hertfordshire’s road policing unit said on X, formerly Twitter: ‘PG9 prohibition placed on this absolute shed after it failed to stop for officers in Watford this morning. 

‘Thankfully the driver has been detained without incident.’

A PG9 means that if a DVSA vehicle examiner ‘finds a vehicle unfit for service owing to defects, they may prohibit the driving of the vehicle on the road immediately’.

We can probably all agree this car is indeed ‘unfit for service’ judging by its appearance and litany of missing parts.

After images of the car were shared on social media, the post was quickly met with a flurry of responses mocking the ‘pile of s***’.

‘My shed is offended to be compared to such a monstrosity,’ one user quipped.

‘I ask that you apologise to sheds everywhere for stereotyping them all into a category of being of poor quality and poor heritage.’

Another said: ‘To be fair I’m surprised it managed to start let alone fail to stop.’

‘A Honda Jazzy!’ one joked, while someone else asked: ‘What drew your attention to it first, the vomit effect paint job, the fact it was missing bits, or something else?’

Last week, police were shocked to find 15-people squeezed into one car when they pulled it over.

Earlier this year, a man led officers on the ‘world’s slowest ever police chase’ with shredded tyres.

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