VIDEO: Driver 'loses' car – after roadworkers take it away

PANICKED motorists were left fuming after discovering their cars had been moved to another street by workmen who were repainting road markings.

Some drivers were on the verge of tears, believing their vehicles had been stolen after returning to find their vehicles missing from the Southampton street where they had left them.

In fact workmen had hoisted the cars on to a transporter and parked them in nearby streets to allow them to continue painting lines on the recently resurfaced road.

Drivers spent hours searching for their vehicles last night while making frantic calls to the police in a bid to find their cars.

After being reunited with them, drivers hit out at Southampton City Council asking how they were allowed to move their vehicles without warning and without any notification as to where they had moved them to.

Letters from the council had gone out to residents three days before the lines were due to be painted by Balfour Beatty, contractors for Southampton City Council.

The letter reads: We have made several attempts to complete this work but have found that motorists are removing the cones and parking cars in the spaces which has prevented work starting.

No waiting cones will mark the working area. Please be advised that any cars parked on the eastern side of Carlton Road between Wilton Avenue and Archers Road will be removed to the nearest available area, a record of which will not be noted.

"If your car is removed we will not be responsible for its safety and location or for any costs incurred by its relocation.

A spokesperson for the AA said that the action was pretty dramatic but that the council do have the right to remove cars if warning has been given.

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VIDEO: Driver 'loses' car - after roadworkers take it away