Driver causes traffic jam and road users’ fury in central London by stopping to pop into Tesco

A driver has gone viral on TikTok after a video was uploaded on Thursday (March 2) showing the line of traffic created after they parked their car in the middle of the road.

The man seemingly wanted to pop into a Tesco Express seen in the video, and stuck on the hazard lights as he parked in a single traffic road on The Strand.

The traffic incident appears to have taken place at a Tesco near Waterloo Bridge, with the driver looking rather sheepish when he returned to his vehicle.

You can hear several drivers beeping their horns as they wait for the man to continue his journey, with a bus clearly obstructed by being parked directly behind his car.

Some 260,000 views have been amassed on the TikTok from @julianaaneko thus far, with the user captioning the post: “This guy parked his car in the middle of the road so he could quickly grab a snack from Tesco. London isn’t a real place.”

It isn’t clear how long traffic was stalled by the man pulling his car over, but based on the horns in the video it would seem like some time.

However, several TikTok users came out in support of the offending driver, with @bombardmentz writing: “London is a place where you can see so many shops but no parking around them, or if you park for minutes they charge you same as the meal!”

@moedawggg69 was also supportive, chiming in with: “This guy was hungry, your not you when your hungry. Top guy.”

Not everyone was a fan of the move though, with @kafeelnazar782 saying: “The audacity to do that.”

In the viral TikTok, you can hear someone saying: "Look at the traffic he’s causing, no way! Oh my god, he fully went to Tesco.”