A father has landed his son in trouble after encouraging him to reach excessive speeds despite having just passed his driving test. 

Wiltshire Police's Roads Policing Unit (RPU) pulled over a speeding driver in Wiltshire after they were caught by a speed gun reaching heights of 106mph. 

When officers had stopped the vehicle they discovered that the driver, 'a young lad', had only passed his test two months ago, and that his father, who was in the car with him, told him to 'see what it can do'. 

The incident was posted on the Wiltshire Specialist Ops Twitter page which provides updates on both the Roads Policing and Armed Response teams.

The full tweet said: "No puns on this one. #RPU stopped a young lad today, two months after passing his test. His father in the car telling him to ‘see what it can do’. Speeding is no joke, it is a #fatal5 offence for a reason. It can kill, especially the inexperienced. Please drive safe all."

Members of the public reacted to the news by condemning the father for his attitude.

"Great stop. The lad needs to learn his lesson on this one," one person said. 

Another said: "Ban them both from driving. Give them a pair of trainers each and they can see what they can do running everywhere."