This is the moment a man hangs precariously out of a car window pretending to fly like Superman.

In a video uploaded to social media, he is seen dangling from the back seat window of the car’s passenger side while being driven down Glenagnes Street in the West End of Dundee.

His left arm is outstretched, much like Superman would, and can be heard having a casual conversation with the person at the wheel, who appears to be filming the incident while driving.

The video has been “liked” more than 300 times on Twitter and “retweeted” on more than 220 occasions with some users calling it “amazing”.

But today road safety campaigners criticised the actions of those involved.

One labelled it “an exceptional risk” and another warned of the “potential consequences”.

The 13 second video begins with the person filming urging the man hanging from the window to “knock on the window” before starting a relaxed conversation.

The driver shouts “Alright mate?” while the Superman imposter repeats the same words back to him before asking “how’s it going?”

The driver says: “Not bad, just finished college mate” before they say “see you later” to each other and superman pretends to fly away and can be heard laughing.

Paul Watters, head of roads policy at the AA, said: “Although far more reckless things than this example happen on the roads every day, it cannot be condoned.

“The curse of smartphone use whilst driving strikes again and in this case it led to both the driver and passenger taking an exceptional risk and potentially jeopardising the safety of other road users too. It may seem like harmless fun but roads and cars are not the place for these antics.”

Sandy Allan, road safety manager for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Scotland, added: “Making Superman videos may seem like harmless fun but drivers and passengers should think about the potential consequences of what might happen while they are totally distracted from everything else around them.

“RoSPA would strongly advise against such conduct anywhere and especially on a public road.”

West End councillor Fraser Macpherson said it was irresponsible behaviour on what is one of Dundee’s narrowest roads.

He said: “The Logie area has quite a few younger residents who could have been playing in the streets but also a lot of elderly folk who may be crossing roads. The point is we certainly don’t want people to be filming themselves driving or someone hanging out of a window.

“Especially as that area of Logie has some of the narrowest roads in Dundee, particularly Glenagnes Street.”