The video above is a compilation of just some of the thousands of clips sent to Devon and Cornwall Police last year as part of their road safety campaign 'Operation Snap'.

The two-minute and 30-second video shows a scary moment a dangerous driver sent a bucket flying from the back of their van - catapulted by some loose planks.

A still from Op Snap footage submitted to Devon & Cornwall Police shows an insecure load flying onto the A38. This video shows the moment a dangerous driver sent a bucket flying from the back of their van - catapulted by some loose planks. See SWNS story SWMRtraffic. The scary moment is one of thousands of clips sent to to police - showing reckless driving in Devon and Cornwall. They include dangerous overtakes, overloaded lorries and motorists speeding through red lights. One clip shows a tyre coming loose from a tractor towing a trailer - and being dragged down the carriageway. In another wooden planks send a bucket flying on the A38 dual carriageway. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police’s Head of Road Safety, said: “Both of these incidents could have been far worse and resulted in death or serious injury.''
Launched bucket (Devon & Cornwall Police / SWNS)

Other clips include dangerous overtakes, overloaded lorries and motorists speeding through red lights.

One clip shows a tyre coming loose from a tractor towing a trailer - and being dragged down the carriageway.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police’s Head of Road Safety, said: “These incidents could have been far worse and resulted in death or serious injury.''

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Dangerous drivers (Devon and Cornwall police/ SWNS )

Devon and Cornwall Police received 4,736 video submissions through Op Snap in 2022, up 151 per cent from the previous year.

Police took action against 3,400 motorists – a 135 per cent increase in 2021.