The teenager swapped his car's number plate with a fake one and deliberately raced past the camera.

The unnamed 19-year-old and his three friends were snapped in various poses - usually hanging out of the car windows making obscene gestures and believing police would not be able to trace them.

Speeding too fast.

They were recorded at speeds almost three times the legal 30mph limit.

But police in Bern, Switzerland circulated the images to their patrol units and the teenage racer was stopped as he set off home in the yellow Citroen with the fake plates still attached.