A daredevil e-bike rider has been sent sprawling aft helium crashed successful a engaged transverse metropolis passageway trying to transverse a raised lane divider to scope a blocked-off exit ramp.
Sisters Kobi Klyde and Amy Macintosh filmed the rider - who was not wearing a helmet - wrong the Eastern Distributor successful Sydney around 9.30pm connected Saturday.
The man, dressed successful a lightweight pinkish garment and airy grey pants, was travelling successful the near lane, heading southbound towards Sydney Airport
Perplexed by the bizarre show Ms Macintosh began to movie the antheral riding the e-bike connected her phone.
'What are you doing brother?' she asked.
The antheral past crashed into the lane divider conscionable seconds later, arsenic helium attempted to skip into the near lane towards the Bondi and Randwick exit.
The antheral past fell disconnected the Uber-backed achromatic and greenish Lime rental motorcycle and landed heavy connected the road.
A helmet which appeared to person been wrong a handbasket located successful beforehand of the bicycle, was seen flying retired arsenic Ms Klyde and Ms Macintosh screamed successful shock.
A e-bike rider who was filmed riding a bicycle wrong the Eastern Distributor passageway (pictured) successful Sydney connected Saturday night, crashed aft trying to spell done a marked lane divider
Moments earlier, the antheral was seen changing lanes wrong the passageway respective times.
Ms Klyde, 26 said the antheral was concisely holding up postulation connected the southbound lanes arsenic helium was pedalling the bicycle.
'I was precise shocked helium was successful the passageway due to the fact that I knew it was illegal,' Ms Clyde told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Cycling connected motorways and successful toll tunnels is amerciable successful NSW with offenders facing a maximum $2,200 fine.
A spokesperson for Transurban told Daily Mail Australia they are alert of the incidental aft being notified the rider had entered the tunnel.
'After locating the cyclist, we closed a lane and dispatched our Incident Response unit to assist. The cyclist was capable to exit the passageway earlier our squad arrived,' the spokesperson said.
Last year, a nutrient transportation idiosyncratic was captured connected CCTV footage riding a bicycle wrong the M8 motorway arsenic cars and trucks drove by.
He past brought postulation to an abrupt halt, arsenic helium made his mode crossed respective lanes into different portion of the passageway towards an exit.
Another cyclist was besides caught riding successful the M4 tunnel, aft an incidental effect unit saw the antheral riding his bicycle connected the incorrect broadside of roadworthy against the traffic.
More than a 120 cyclists travelled connected motorways and tunnels crossed Sydney betwixt January and July past year.
The Eastern Distributor was the astir utilized by cyclists and 11 person been spotted determination since January, with astir being nutrient transportation drivers.
A spokesperson from Transport for NSW told Daily Mail determination are respective measures successful spot including roadworthy signs, which instruct motorcycle riders not to participate tunnels and motorways.
'Most tunnels are not designed for bicycle usage and are high-speed conveyance thoroughfares that bash not person the infrastructure oregon provisions successful spot for cyclists oregon pedestrians,' the spokesperson said.
'Bike riders who are illegally utilizing tunnels are placing themselves and others astatine hazard of being earnestly injured oregon killed.'
Cyclists are not permitted to thrust bicycles connected motorways (pictures) oregon tunnels successful NSW and volition look fines for committing the offence
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