The video has lit up the internet after it was posted this afternoon with motorists looking for an explanation as to how the vehicle managed to escape.

It begins showing the car, driven by a Brazilian police officer, boxed in front and back by a row of cones seemingly unable to get away.

But after a second revving the engine hard, the car begins to move almost at a right angle with an ear-splitting squeal.

Moments later, it is free from the wall of cones and able to drive away.

More than 140,000 people have seen the clip since it was posted on YouTube, as many attempted to figure out how the impossible escape happened.

“Someone who can science, please explain this,” wrote one viewer.

Luckily, another was on hand to do exactly that.

Reddit user BachmannityCapital wrote: “The driver puts the E-brake on which locks the rear wheels, then pushes down on the clutch and accelerates to probably 3000-4000 rpm, then swiftly releases the clutch.

“This causes the front wheels to lose traction in order to match the engine revs and so they spin.

“The friction from the spinning wheels pulls the car out, and once it's past the cones the driver releases the E-brake and away she goes.”

“Can we now get the reaction videos sometime today from people attempting this,” joked another user.