Gardai in the Tipperary Traffic Corp have seized a tractor which was driving on three wheels, with the fourth tyre tied to the back of a service trailer it was towing.

The Gardai tweeted photos of the seized tractor on the Garda Traffic Twitter page.

The pictures show the ‘three-wheeler’ with the fourth tyre tied behind the service trailer.

The Gardai tweeted that the driver was ‘wheely wheely sorry’.

Last week, a tractor was stopped by Gardai in Co. Waterford, due to no straps or chains being used to secure the load.

The tractor driver is set to be prosecuted for towing a low-loader carrying a dumper and excavator which weren’t secured properly, according to the Gardai.

Unsecured or improperly secured loads pose a serious safety risk and should always be secured so that they cannot move or fall from the vehicle, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA).

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The RSA insists that all loads must be secured even if the vehicle is only travelling a short distance or at low speeds.

The RSA has said that a load shall not be carried on a vehicle on a public road in such a manner that part of the load is liable to fall on the road.

A load must not drag on the surface of the road, so as to cause damage to the road or to be liable to cause danger, it also advises.