Watch: Daredevil biker's stupid stunt shocks driver
A daredevil biker pulled off an outrageous stunt as he balanced on one leg on his vehicle's seat while he overtook a car and passed through a speed camera.
The stunt, captured by driver Andrew Vickers' dashcam, saw the madcap motorist stand on his bike for around 10 seconds – sitting down just as an oncoming police car appears over the brow of a hill.
Dad-of-two Andrew was with his eldest son Oliver, seven, who can be heard gasping as the bike overtakes them on Moseley Road in Willenhall.
The motorcyclist keeps both hands on the handlebars as he cruises down the 30mph road, through a speed camera, stood up on just his left leg.
Andrew, 41, said: "I was equally stunned and impressed. My first thought was: 'What an idiot'.
"I was about to indicate to turn right when I saw him coming up on the outside pretty fast. I naturally slowed down because there was a speed camera ahead.
"I was flabbergasted when I saw what he was doing. It was risky enough overtaking at a speed camera.
"Obviously as a parent and a driver I thought it was crazy and totally unsafe, but when I watched it back I did think it was pretty skilful.
"You can hear Oliver gasp and laugh so he clearly thought it was very impressive. It's still not something you want to see so close to your car.
"The crazy thing was that just as he approached the brow of the hill, a police car came over. If he had been stood up for another second then surely he would have been caught."
Andrew, who is married to 41-year-old Sally and has another son, three-year-old Benjamin, was driving to his brother-in-law's house when he encountered the biker at around 12.30pm last Monday.
A former motorcyclist himself, Andrew admitted he would never have tried anything so dangerous on the roads.
Andrew said: "The sheer length of time he kept it up for was crazy. For him to do it while overtaking and going through a speed camera is mad.
"To be fair, he had a helmet on and he looked to be in control but that doesn't really excuse it.
"It might look impressive but it's not right to be riding like that on the road. The next thing, I saw the police car. I couldn't believe it.
"At first I wondered why they hadn't tried to pull him over but he must have got down literally as they came over the hill.
"Oliver was talking about it for ages afterwards. He likes watching bikes on YouTube but I'd prefer he didn't see things like that so close to him in real life."
