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This is the terrifying moment two Australian men screamed for their lives after a large huntsman spider crossed the windscreen of their car.
Dashcam captured the spider in close-up shortly before 6am on August 3 as it ran only inches from the men's faces.
In between the chilling screams, one of the men shouts out: 'Look how big it is.'
Luckily for the pair, the driver is able to keep control of the car with is travelling at 96km/h.
The huntsman spider, pictured, looks terrifying but is only dangerous to cockroaches and insects
However an Australian motorist and his friend started screaming when the large spider walked across their windscreen as they drove at almost 100km/h
In an expletive-ridden tirade, the other man suggests the spider should remain on his friend's side of the car.
The short clip was posted online by Dashcam Australia with the headline: 'Why Australia has so many car crashes.'
Viewers were unimpressed by the reactions of the men in the car and their tortured screams, but saw it as a great excuse to share their own spider stories.
One commentator joked: 'For the foreigners watching this, these are highly venomous spiders that can jump over 6 feet, have massive fangs that tear at your