This is the moment a ‘speeding’ e-bike rider was arrested just moments after almost hitting a pedestrian while fleeing police.
Cops spotted the man reaching speeds believed to be over 40mph on the bike in Croxteth, Merseyside, on Wednesday.
When he was questioned by officers at around 5pm, he rode away.
The suspect then narrowly avoided a pedestrian while he was being pursued around a housing estate, Merseyside Police said.
The force explained: ‘He rode on pavements and pulled into the path of a car that had to brake suddenly before losing control of the bike and falling off.
‘As the suspect tried to get back on the bike, the officers carefully drove their vehicle onto the bike’s back wheel and detained the rider.’
Dashcam footage shows an e-bike rider accelerating onto a main road, narrowly missing oncoming traffic.
It then shows the moment police caught up with a suspect, before driving their car onto the back wheel of the bike.
Merseyside Police officers drove over the e-bike to stop the suspect from evading them again
The e-bike rider was seeing entering a main road at speed in front of oncoming traffic
Police then caught up with the rider who had come off his e-bike on a cul-de-sac
A 19-year-old man from Old Swan was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, drug driving, failing to stop, driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence and using a motor vehicle without third party insurance.
Police said he has been released under investigation.
The bike was found to be capable of top speeds of more than 50mph as well as having worn tyres, no brakes on the rear wheel and pedals that did not function
Roads Policing Inspector Ian Cowell said: ‘We simply will not tolerate people risking the safety of others and themselves by riding electric bikes at speed on our roads and pavements.
‘The speed limit for electrically-assisted bikes is set at a maximum of 15.5mph for very good reason. When they are ridden at speed they can pose a very real danger to the rider and others.
‘This risk only increases when the bike has faulty brakes, pedals that don’t work and tyres that are worn.
‘Through Operation Gears, we are taking proactive action by seizing illegal bikes, arresting offenders, and increasing high-visibility patrols where the public and our own patrols identify issues.
‘Our activity is aimed at disrupting criminality and ultimately protecting our communities.’
It comes after another e-bike rider also got a dose of instant karma after a dramatic police chase led to his arrest.
Police drove over the back wheel of the bike to prevent the suspect’s escape
The suspect was subsequently arrested by officers from Merseyside Police
Self-confessed ‘stupid’ phone snatcher Bradley McMillan, was one of two spotted by officers travelling at around 60mph on high-speed e-bikes on a busy road in central London.
Armed response cops were called out after receiving reports of phones being snatched – with suggestions the thieves may have been carrying a knife.
Taking off after McMillan, officers equipped with Tasers followed him up Exhibition Road in Kensington – a thoroughfare often packed with tourists visiting the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum.
‘We have two Sur-Rons failing to stop as part of a declared firearms incident,’ the officer radios in, seen in dramatic body-worn footage issued by the Met Police.
Sur-Ron is a Chinese firm that produces electric dirt bikes that are hugely popular with bike thieves despite most of its models being illegal to use on UK roads unless properly registered.
McMillan leads police on a chase through west London – but a few minutes later, he crashes into the side of a car at a junction after riding through a red light on the wrong side of the road.
The bike falls away from him as he tumbles to the ground, and he tries to run off as the armed cops warn him they’re about to discharge a stun gun.
He doesn’t get far – toppling over as he’s hit with 1,200 volts of electricity. The armed officers then move in to cuff him on suspicion of robbery and possession of an offensive weapon.
The thief was found to have rolls of tin-foil in his bag – used by phone thieves to block signals from stolen devices
The moment an e-bike thief gets instant karma after crashing into the side of a car at a junction while trying to escape police
He had been fleeing officers after stealing several phones from members of the public on his high-speed e-bike
Opening his bag, the cops find rolls of tin foil, which thieves will use to wrap up stolen phones in order to block their signals and prevent them from being traced.
The dramatic arrest was one of two phone snatcher busts the police made in the space of an hour on March 16.
A second thief, Ellis Parkinson, was caught after crashing into a postbox on Brook Street in the heart of London’s posh Mayfair district.
Aerial footage captured by a police helicopter shows him stumbling to his feet after the crash, before surrendering as an officer runs into view and tackles him, while two other cops leap out of a response vehicle.
‘He’s just being searched,’ radios in an officer on the ground. ‘We’ve recovered multiple phones on him.’
The Met says it was able to return the stolen phones to their owners.
The thieves, Ellis Parkinson, 31, and Bradley McMillan, 30, were jailed for 33 and 30 months respectively.
