You have heard the phrase stopping traffic and one of the town's most unique vehicles did just that for one new resident.
John Jewers, who lives in Princedale Close, was on his morning stroll down Norwich Road to buy his papers when something caught his eye.
At around 9.45am on Friday morning, the 74-year-old spotted officers approaching the yellow and red vehicle.
Mr Jewers said: "I was stunned.
"It’s the first time I’ve seen it as my wife and I have only moved to Ipswich recently.
"It looked very unique.
"I thought it was a Sinclair c5 at first but then it didn’t look like it close up."
The banana-shaped car is well-known to people in the Norwich Road area and the driver is said to regularly head out on the roads with sightings at Tesco Copdock.
Mr Jewers added: "I think both the police officers just wanted to check and see what it was.
"Both of them had a smile on their faces.
"It's a nice change from them nicking speeders.
In 2019, a similar vehicle was spotted parked up in Dogs Head Street in Ipswich.
Police have been approached for comment.
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