On Tuesday, February 7, the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit were patrolling Derby when officers noticed a car “smoking on acceleration.” In a tweet, a DRPU spokesperson said: ‘Driver pulls over before blue lights illuminated. Just paid £2,000 for the car and planned to give it to his girlfriend for a birthday present but decided on an unlicensed and uninsured trip out.” READ THIS: Drink-driver arrested by police after crash on busy Clay Cross route The car was seized from the driver and he was reported for driving without insurance or a licence.