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Cheeky music fan skips three hours of traffic at concert by putting on high-vis vest and waving friend’s car through

A CHEEKY music fan skipped three hours worth of traffic after a concert by putting on a high-vis vest and waving his friend’s car past traffic.

Nathan Twamley brazenly guided his pals through the backlog of cars in just 10 minutes after the Dermot Kennedy gig at Malahide Castle in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday.

Having spoken to other drivers who had already waited in the queue for hours, the 27-year-old hatched a plan with pal Sean Rafferty, 26, who had a work vest in his boot.

Nathan, from Dublin, put the yellow vest on and started knocking on car windows, asking drivers to make room for a vehicle coming through.

The data technician managed to guide his pals all the way to the front of the queue, where a warden at the event realised what he was doing.

Luckily the worker saw the funny side of Nathan’s scheme and allowed them past.

Video shows Nathan sauntering along confidently in front of his friend’s car, directing the vehicle alongside a huge queue to their left hand-side.

As one car attempts to pull out in front of them, Nathan is quick to stop the car before waving his friends forward.

Nathan then looks back to the camera and lets off a cheeky grin after realising he’s managed to pull off the move.

Courtney posted the video on TikTok on Sunday, writing: “Bring yourself a high-vis to a concert to get yourself out quicker.

“The funniest night ever, never underestimate Nathan.”

The video has now collected over 876,000 views and more than 70,000 likes.

Hundreds of people left comments on the clip, impressed by Nathan’s quick-thinking.

One said: “You can literally do anything in a high-vis and no one looks twice.”

Another added: “Not all hero’s wear capes.”

Nathan guiding traffic
Nathan helped is friends get through the traffic in just 10 minutes.

A third replied: “Keep one in the car for emergencies at all times.”

A fourth commented: “High-vis will open so many doors. Act confident and keep walking.”

Another wrote: “Clipboards and hard hats are also good for problem solving.”

Speaking today, Nathan said: “There were people who had already been stuck for two hours.

“I said to Sean I’d love to have a high-vis right now to get past and he said he had one in the boot.

“I hopped out and people were asking me ‘what’s going on?’ and I told them there had been an accident.

“I was knocking on peoples windows telling them to move over so we could fit past.

“We skipped three hours of traffic.

“We just couldn’t stop laughing, we got past all the traffic and looked back and none of the cars had moved.

“One bloke who worked there looked over at me right at the end and I think he clocked on but he just laughed as if to say ‘fair play’.”

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