View this post on Instagram A super-bike rider's attempt to take advantage of the coronavirus lockdown in Bengaluru as he rode his Yamaha R1 motorcycle at nearly 300 km per hour on a city road, landed him in jail. After his video of riding way over the speed limit was viral, the police tracked him down, impounded his costly bike and arrested him after registering a case of reckless riding. "This video made viral by the rider.. going at a dangerous speed of almost 300 kmph at Ecity flyover putting his own & others life at risk..CCB traced the rider & seized bike Yamaha 1000 CC.. handed over to traffic...," the senior police officer tweeted. Identified by the police as Muniyappa, the man rode his bike on the nearly 10-km long Electronic City flyover, accelerating almost to 300 Km/hour as he zoomed past some vehicles, including cars autorickshaws and trucks that were coming from both directions, jeopardising road safety. The police said the incident occurred during the week-long lockdown in force in the city and outskirts till Wednesday morning to contain the spread of coronavirus, leaving most roads deserted as people remained indoors. (Video: https://twitter.com/ips_patil/status/1285452139683123206) #RecklessDriving #Bengaluru #SuperBikerArrested A post shared by NDTV (@ndtv) on Jul 21, 2020 at 9:08pm PDT
A super-bike rider's attempt to take advantage of the coronavirus lockdown in Bengaluru as he rode his Yamaha R1 motorcycle at nearly 300 km per hour on a city road, landed him in jail. After his video of riding way over the speed limit was viral, the police tracked him down, impounded his costly bike and arrested him after registering a case of reckless riding. "This video made viral by the rider.. going at a dangerous speed of almost 300 kmph at Ecity flyover putting his own & others life at risk..CCB traced the rider & seized bike Yamaha 1000 CC.. handed over to traffic...," the senior police officer tweeted. Identified by the police as Muniyappa, the man rode his bike on the nearly 10-km long Electronic City flyover, accelerating almost to 300 Km/hour as he zoomed past some vehicles, including cars autorickshaws and trucks that were coming from both directions, jeopardising road safety. The police said the incident occurred during the week-long lockdown in force in the city and outskirts till Wednesday morning to contain the spread of coronavirus, leaving most roads deserted as people remained indoors. (Video: https://twitter.com/ips_patil/status/1285452139683123206) #RecklessDriving #Bengaluru #SuperBikerArrested
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