Man tries to reverse his impounded car off the back of a tow truck and it goes horrible wrong

A man has been called an 'idiot' after he tried and failed to get his car off a tow truck .

'Arthur' was captured on camera being encouraged by his friends as he decided to get his vehicle back.He hopped into the driver's seat as the car was on the back of the lorry taking it away.

As he throws the car into reverse and accelerate in a bid to get free ,he is abruptly halted by the chains attached to the car.He tried again before giving up ,saying ..

"I've to run from the police" and "I've done some damage here".

The failed escape footage was posted on YouTube in April called 'Idiot Tries to Drive His Car off Tow Truck'