A West Australian woman has been charged after she was allegedly caught by police doing laps with her 17-year-old daughter on the bonnet of a car.

It is alleged the woman was driving around the city centre in the small country town of Wagin in WA's Great Southern region.

Local police posted CCTV footage of the incident at the weekend.

Several members of the community called police to alert them, and Wagin officer-in-charge Mick Williams said many of the callers were alarmed to see such behaviour in their town.

A 56-year-old woman has been charged with acts likely to endanger life over the alleged incident in Wagin in WA's Great Southern. ( ABC Great Southern: Katie McAllister )

"They weren't too happy about them driving past their place with a young lady on the bonnet of the vehicle," Sergeant Williams said.

"The stupidity that's involved in it and obviously the consequences that can occur if someone does fall off the bonnet at speed onto the road unprotected."

"We're always trying to deter people from doing these types of stunts or acts or brain fades, but I can't say I see it all too often in this community."

A 56-year-old woman has been charged with acts likely to endanger life and is expected to appear in the Narrogin Magistrates Court later in June.