A hitchhiker has been arrested for throwing snowballs at passing cars because they wouldn't give him a lift.

Zack Laughlin Kelly was hitchhiking home for the festive season when Oregon police gave him a ride. They could only take him for the first part of his journey, following which Kelly had to rely, rather unsuccessfully, on his thumb. Frustrated at the lack of motorist goodwill (an abundance of motorist good sense, depending on which side of the fence you sit), Kelly decided to take attack the task of getting a ride rather more forcibly.

Police saw him walking in the fast lane of a motorway, snowballs in both hands, jumping toward vehicles to try to make them stop. He was also spotted walking in the center of the fast lane, throwing snowballs at vehicles passing him in the slow lane.

It appeared that, although Kelly had partaken of a festive tipple or two, he was still lucid. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Metro