http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?layer=c&cbll=52.472714,-2.086625&cbp=12,106.02,,0,-46.04&ved=0CBUQ2wU&ei=w2GaS8j9Ode2sgbzop2-Aw&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Cradley+Heath,+West+Midlands+B645BB,+United+Kingdom&t=h&panoid=hyEWyeTOWGhrtLF4NBQ6xQ&ll=52.47273,-2.086458&spn

Haha looks to me like a large alien space ship shaped like a garden pruner!

If you pan around you'll see that it's a pair of pliers. I guess the driver had to tighten some piece of the equipment, and just rested the pliers above the upward-facing camera when the photo was taken.