A security camera video has emerged from China showing a driver pulling away from a petrol station with the pump still in his car.

In the clip, which was filmed in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on July 8, the petrol station worker is forced to run after the car as it speeds away dragging the nozzle and hose behind it.

The driver doesn't notice the petrol station worker waving and shouting and drives off onto a busy road.

The petrol station worker then hails a taxi to try to chase down the driver who is still oblivious to the fact that he's dragging a metre or two of hose behind him.

Eventually the petrol station worker catches up with the driver and takes his nozzle and hose back.