He proceeds to feed it through gap in door and fastens loop around lock

Man approaches his locked Renault Clio and ties loop in piece of shoelace

A video maker has revealed a clever little way to gain access to your car for when you have locked your keys inside.

And what's more the life hack will only require one piece of shoelace and ten seconds of your life.

The video, which emerged online a few years ago but has been shared again recently, shows a man approaching his old Renault Clio.

Life hack: A man approaches his old Renault Clio and demonstrates that the door is indeed locked

Clever trick: The man ties a loop in a piece of shoelace and brings it towards the top of the locked door

After demonstrating that the door is indeed locked, the man, believed to be from Russia, ties a loop in a piece of shoelace.

He then proceeds to feed the rope through the small gap at the top of the door so that half of it - including the section with the loop - is inside the vehicle.

The man allows it to fall all the way to the bottom so that it hooks onto the lock before he fastens it around the piece of plastic.

He then simply pulls upwards to unlock the door - the whole process take him just 10 seconds.

Since appearing online the video has been viewed more than 11 million times with numerous people stating that the life hack helped them when they were locked out of their car.

Know how: The man feeds the rope through the gap at the top of the door so that half of it is inside the vehicle

Hooked: The man attaches the loop to the lock and fastens it around the piece of plastic before pulling up

One commenter wrote: 'That is great, I'm a firefighter and we have to get into people's cars.

'But sometimes we can scratch up the doorframe a little getting our tools in there.

'Definitely going to try this one the next time.'

Others however pointed out the fact that the trick will only work on cars of a certain age given that modern security systems are a lot more sophisticated today.