Bemused motorist spots lorry driver weight-lifting on A-road hard shoulder

A BUFF lorry driver hauls some heavy goods by weight-lifting on an A-road hard shoulder. Motorist Rebecca Coulson, 35, spotted the man using a variety of gym gear on the A1 near Tuxford, Notts, on Sunday. A lorry driver hauls some heavy goods by weight-lifting on an A-road hard shoulder Credit: SWNS A man was spotted using a variety of gym gear on the A1 near Tuxford, Notts Credit: SWNS Rebecca, from Bridlington, East Yorkshire, can be heard saying “what” before chuckling in the video. She later posted the video on social media and it has racked up over 600,000 views. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Rebecca said: “It is definitely not something you see every day. “Hats off to that person for working out – he oozes no excuses. READ MORE ON LORRY DRIVERS “We set off at 4 pm and were stuck in traffic for eight hours, the journey was only supposed to take three and a half. “People were doing wild wees and stretching, but this was by far the strangest thing we saw. “It isn’t the fact that he was working out that was bizarre – it was the location.” Rebecca believes that even though she thinks the driver meant no harm, what he was doing was actually quite dangerous. Most read in The Sun She said: “As funny as it is, in reality, it is not really very safe where he was working out as he was on a busy A-road. “Cars were speeding past at the national speed limit. “I don’t know if the lorry driver’s hours had run out, he was on his break, or if he had broken down but it looked like it was clear he was staying there for the night.” Comment now