A photo of what could be Britain’s most useless bollards has gone viral after the security measure was mercilessly mocked online.

But it has attracted attention for all the wrong reasons after they were roundly laughed at on X.

The image, posted by Birmingham resident and musician Dr Helen Ingram on her X account, shows a residential driveway containing a single car but with two large theft-prevention bollards at the entrance to the driveway.

Dr Ingram captioned the picture with a thumbs up emoji and said jokingly: ‘These bollards should keep their car secure.’