Watch: Security camera catches FedEx delivery man chasing his van down a hill

The handbrake is there for a reason…

It's all downhill from here: The driver's day didn't start well

A security camera has captured a rather unexpected sight - a FedEx delivery man trying, and failing, to jump into his van as it rolls down a road.

It isn't quite clear how he ended up in the predicament as the video starts with the van driving up the hill and disappearing out of view.

There’s a few moments pause during which some local dogs start to get very excited at something happening in the direction the van went.

Then you see it - first the van rolling down the hill, then the delivery man attempting to jump into the driver seat.

As the van gathers speed, seemingly hurtling towards a house, he soon gives up. Luckily the van narrowly misses the house - and a tree - instead crashing into a garden wall.