The office worker was so desperate to avoid paying he clung on to the back of the bus Pic: Europics.at

A CASH-STRAPPED commuter has been caught clinging to the back of a coach – to save a 1p fare.

Stunned motorists watched Deng Chung, 33, swinging from the back of the bus as he sped through Dongwan, southern China, for more than 30 minutes before hopping off outside his office.

Now police are quizzing passengers and other drivers so they can charge the reckless IT worker with endangering public safety.

“I was following him for a while and we got up to 40 miles per hour,” said motorist Tian Yang, who took this picture.

But baffled bus bosses say he saved himself just a penny with his stunt.

“It’s not worth risking your life over that sort of money.

“If he was really short we’d let him on for nothing ,” a spokesman for the Great Wall Bus Company told the Austrian Times.

Brigitte Dentler is not a woman you'd want driving your motor Pic: Europics.at

WHO said taking the bus was safer?

Commuters waiting for their ride were left terrifed after a 78-year-old woman accidentally stepped on the gas, in reverse gear, and drove off a wall into their stop in Salzgitter, Germany.

Brigitte Dentler managed to drive herself up the wall, literally, as she left the car park of a local DIY store.

A police officer said: “She had a problem with her clutch and the next thing she knew she and her car were sitting in the queue at a bus stop.”

“She was a bit shaken up but at least she was well placed to catch the bus home,” he told the Austrian Times.