A County Durham van that's been branded 'dangerous' and 'unsafe' by other drivers has gone viral after police seized the vehicle.

Officers from Durham Police's armed and roads policing team spotted a van that had multiple pallets stacked high above the top of the main vehicle during a routine stop earlier this week.

After seeing the pallets towering over the van - officers were keen to give advice to the driver about how unsafe their driving was.

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However, after establishing that the van didn't have any tax or working indicators, the vehicle was seized. 

After sharing an image of the 'dangerous' vehicle online with the caption 'Not sure what drew our attention to this," it soon garnered thousands of reactions, shares and comments. 

Taking to the comments section of the post, one person tried to make light of the sitation, saying: "That looks very unpalatable," while another sarcastically added: "I might be missing something but what’s wrong with the load."

However, now everyone saw the funny side - with some people brading the vehicle driver "dangerous" and "unsafe".

Durham Police's road team also took a serious view of the driver's crimes, adding to their post later in the day: "Overloaded, un/in secure load, no tax, and indicators not working.

"Prohibited from the road."