A Sunshine Coast motorist has revealed how she "screamed" and swerved after a red-bellied black snake appeared on her windscreen as she drove along the Bruce Highway.

Sunshine Coast snake catcher Richie Gilbert, who was called out to find and rescue the snake, filmed the experience and shared it on his Facebook page.

It has since gone viral with hundreds of shares and comments.

In the video, the driver, Tamara, said she was filling up at a service station when she saw the snake near the front of her car.

"I asked the servo if they wanted to do anything but by that time it had its head back the other way and then was gone without a trace. I was fairly certain it was under there," she said.

"I jumped in and drove. I thought it would let go when it was ready."

She was on the Bruce Highway when the snake next reared its head.

"I was checking the rear view mirror to see if it was going. I was talking to my boss about what to do and then it just popped its head up on up on the windscreen ... had a bit of a look about. I screamed," she said.

Tamara said it also caused her to swerve.

"I was on the overtaking lane ... everyone probably thought I was mad."

In the video, Mr Gilbert popped the bonnet of the car on the side of the highway and was able to locate the snake, which he removed with his bare hands.

"Besides being hot ... he's fine. He seems perfectly fine," he said in the video.

Mr Richie said red-bellied black snakes were a "pretty good snake".

"They're nice-natured snakes when you're not annoying them," he said.

"But not a good idea to have one in your car especially when you're driving on the highway."

The snake was eventually released back into the wild.