A speeding Aussie tradie told police he couldn't have slowed down his car because he was fighting off a deadly brown snake with a knife as he drove along the Dawson Highway in northern Queensland last month.
In outrageous, but real, vision, the tradesman, named "Jimmy", is pulled over by police for driving 123km/h in a 100km/h zone.
"A brown snake or a tiger snake, it's in the back of the ute," he says. "It was in the ute with me, I think it's bitten me."
![Speeding driver 'Jimmy' told police he wasn't able to brake as he was fighting off a deadly brown snake with a knife. Photo / Queensland Police](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6SRRAWRBQ5EJZM7DK7WYXLXMPI.jpg?auth=315c1f67bff601770c09dde30e070de02627d682a4643b56bdeae8011a1afd1f&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)
The officer moved to the back of the ute, where a large brown snake was bleeding and lying across the back tray.