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A jaw-dropping dash cam video shows an idiot driver overtaking at a red light only to get stuck in roadworks seconds later.

The amazing clip shows a silver Mitsubushi Colt fly past the vehicle at the head of the queue and through the red light, forcing a vehicle coming in the opposite direction to take evasive action.

The incident took place in the crowded streets of Inverness with pedestrians and a learner driver nearby.

The lights change to green just a few seconds later and the dash cam car catches up with the reckless motorist in a queue at red lights shortly afterwards.

The man who filmed the 55-second clip can be heard saying: "Look how f****** far you got, you f**." once he catches up to the driver.

Uploaded on to YouTube by shooderz, the title of the video states: "Nutcase driver at Inverness Castle" with the caption “Inverness seems to be full of these eejits!”

As the car filming comes to a stop for the red-light, the small hatchback is seen speeding past and weaving inbetween traffic, forcing an oncoming van to slam on its brakes.

The driver who took the footage can be over-heard swearing as the car speeds off down the street.

Following less than two seconds behind the white van is a learner car exiting the left-hand junction and appears to be unaware of the near miss.

Pedestrians can also be seen walking on either side of the narrow and steep road, inches away from the overtaking vehicle.

Less than 20 seconds after the dangerous manoeuvre, the traffic lights change from red to green.

The driver catches up with the silver Mitsubushi less than 160 metres (515 ft) down the road only to find the car stopped at another set temporary road work traffic lights in a queue of cars.

Joan Caballero commented on the video: "Nutcase. Definitely requires to be brought to the attention of police, due to numerous traffic laws broken and danger to pedestrians and other vehicles as can be seen very clearly﻿."

A spokeswoman from Police Scotland said: “We will need to look in to this to see if we’ve had any reports made to us.”

The speed limit for the popular tourist street in the Highland capital, according to Highland Council, is 20mph however it is unclear how fast the driver was travelling.