Japanese toilet tearaway

Barely moving along a busy expressway with a bladder — or heaven forbid one’s bowels — about to burst is far from fun, and for some it would seem, the fear of a faux pa can drive them, quite literally, to distraction.

With that in mind, the 57-year-old driver’s presumably post-toilet proclamation of putting his foot on the accelerator instead of the break at the service station has, perhaps predictably, met with a certain amount of suspicion, and even been poo-pooed in some parts.