Walter Konehauser was stopped while doing 60mph in a 30mph zone in Augsburg, Germany. He said: "She was bored at home and I wanted to take her for a ride."

A police spokesman said: "He should have had the bird in a cage, but when he was stopped it was flying around the car, and could easily have obscured his vision, causing an accident, or caused him to miss important signs like the one telling him to slow down."

/ananova.com/