Caught red-handed (Picture: Twitter)

A driver is being hunted by police after he was caught out taking a selfie at the wheel by the reflection in his sunglasses.

The unnamed man tweeted the picture of himself beaming from the driver seat, completely unaware of what can be seen in his sunglasses.

Using the name ‘Geordie Aviator on Twitter, he wrote: ‘Last night as a single man. Married man as of tomorrow. Scary times.’

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(Picture: Twitter)

Police search for driver who took selfie at the wheel after he is caught out by reflection in sunglasses

He deleted his account shortly after police contacted him (Picture: Twitter)

An officer from Northumbria Police who spotted the selfie responded to his tweet with: ‘It is people like this who end up destroying people lives through their own stupidity.’



‘Please get in touch and we’ll send you your wedding present. £200 fine & 6 points.’

After police tweeted him, the driver reportedly deleted his Twitter account.

It is believed he was driving at about 50mph on a dual carriageway.

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