Exclusive: Shocking moment a ‘silly’ e-scooter rider whizzes down a MOTORWAY – as ‘nervous’ driver shouts at him to tug over and provided him a lift
- EXCLUSIVE: Man on electrical scooter was filmed driving down the M4 in direction of Heathrow on Monday night
- Terry, 48, from Kent filmed the video after he shouted on the ‘silly’ man to tug over and provided him a lift
- The video reveals the man wearing black dashing down the facet of the left-hand lane of the motorway
- Do you understand the man using the e-scooter? Contact Alice Giddings: alice.giddings@mailonline.co.uk
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This is the moment a man on an electrical scooter whizzing down the M4 close to Heathrow is caught on digital camera by a driver so nervous he shouted at him to tug over so he might give him a lift.
Terry, 48, was travelling from Chiswick to Heathrow to choose up a pal at 9pm on Monday when he noticed the scooter rider he described as ‘so silly it was like he had a dying want’.
The footage reveals a man wearing darkish clothes dashing previous Terry’s automobile and persevering with down the facet of the left-hand lane as different automobiles velocity previous.
Terry from Edenbridge, Kent, mentioned: ‘I used to be usually nervous for him as a lorry had simply gone previous him and he might have simply been blown off. There’s not a lot between him and one other automobile driving previous and there is not a lot brains between his ears both.’
Terry mentioned he initially solely noticed the rider due to his telephone gentle and that he ‘could not imagine’ what he noticed.
He mentioned: ‘He was laborious to see. Initially I noticed him due to his telephone gentle. He was very fortunate he did not get knocked off his scooter.
‘I’m a massive Burt Reynolds fan and I assumed to myself, “what would Burt Reynolds do in this situation?” so as I glided by the primary time I shouted at him to tug over and advised him I’d give him a lift.’
The scooter rider didn’t cease or pay any consideration to Terry’s provide to assist him full his journey safely and Terry did not report the incident.
Terry, a plus dimension mannequin for menswear, pulled over to movie the e-scooter rider after initially rolling down his window and providing him a lift as a result of he was ‘nervous for him’
![The e-scooter rider was dressed in dark clothing late in the evening and Terry spotted him initially because of his phone light](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/26/16/60714321-11050185-image-m-59_1658847626383.jpg)
The e-scooter rider was wearing darkish clothes late within the night and Terry noticed him initially due to his telephone gentle
Terry mentioned: ‘He did not cease, he simply stored going. He most likely could not hear me to be trustworthy. I simply could not imagine anybody might be so silly. It was like he had a dying want.’
It is unclear whether or not the rider was on a privately-owned scooter or utilizing one out there to rent as a part of a pilot scheme.
With over a million e-scooters on Britain’s public roads, anybody utilizing a privately owned e-scooter is prone to be committing an offence such as driving a motorcar with no insurance coverage. The driver might be answerable for a mounted penalty of £300 and 6 factors on their driving licence.
Pilot e-scooter rental schemes in numerous cities and cities together with London, Bristol, Liverpool and Bournemouth allow riders to journey legally on public roads, nevertheless. But that is restricted to sure roads and it’s unlawful to experience them on motorways.
Despite being banned personal e-scooters are sometimes used on public roads and pavements and a few 1,034 e-scooter riders or passengers the place injured in 2021.
![The driver careered down the M4 towards Heathrow on the far side of the left-hand lane and showed no signs of stopping or slowing down](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/26/16/60714307-11050185-image-m-64_1658847699281.jpg)
The driver careered down the M4 in direction of Heathrow on the far facet of the left-hand lane and confirmed no indicators of stopping or slowing down
![Terry said that a lorry passed the rider at pace and could easily have blown him off of the scooter because it was so close](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/26/16/60714311-11050185-image-m-65_1658847717337.jpg)
Terry mentioned that a lorry handed the rider at tempo and will simply have blown him off of the scooter as a result of it was so shut
Last yr 9 individuals had been killed in e-scooter collisions, all of whom had been riders, and a additional 305 had been critically injured.
A breakdown of the kinds of accidents ensuing from e-scooter crashes confirmed 28 individuals suffered a critical head harm, 32 sustained a fractured decrease leg, ankle or foot, and three endured a damaged neck or again.
Casualties involving e-scooter collisions rose massively in 2021 in comparison with the earlier yr with the determine greater than doubling.
Do you understand the e-scooter rider on the M4? Please contact Alice Giddings on alice.giddings@mailonline.co.uk
![The reported number of casualties in collisions involving e-scooters skyrocketed in the UK in 2021](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/26/16/58278817-11050185-The_reported_number_of_casualties_in_collisions_involving_e_scoo-a-75_1658849348213.jpg)
The reported variety of casualties in collisions involving e-scooters skyrocketed within the UK in 2021
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