Heart-stopping moment car rolls backwards through busy five-lane carriageway

This is the heart-stopping moment a car rolled backwards across a busy road after the owner forgot to put on the handbrake.

The blue Mitsubishi Mirage had been parked in front of the noodle restaurant while the owner had lunch in Bangkok, Thailand on August 5.

CCTV shows how the empty vehicle slowly rolled backwards. Miraculously, it avoided being hit by any oncoming cars on the five-lane highway.

The staff later rushed to helped pull the car back into the parking lot before its owner returned and apologised for the blunder.

The restaurant manager said: "Luckily, the car was not hit while rolling backwards across the road. When we realised that the car was moving we were confused.

''We immediately ran outside and the driver helped to move it back to a safe place.''