There’s something terrifying about this motorbike
Just outside of Paris, drivers on the A4 motorway spotted something very, very strange – a riderless motorbike driving in a perfectly straight line. Onlookers quickly jumped to the type of conclusion you only come to when you’re scared out of your wits – a ghost.
“On the video, we can clearly see the two-wheeled […] without a biker,” the man filming said. “A ghost.”
However, the reality mightn’t be quite so outlandish. According to Le Parisien, the video was taken just moments after the bike had been involved in a collision, which knocked its 20-something-year-old driver off the vehicle and onto the road.
Jean-Pierre Goy, a stunt motorcyclist who has appeared in James Bond movies, revealed to The Sun that it’s not uncommon for bikes to run for over 600m (especially in cruise control) without a rider.
“The pilot may have fallen, and in view of the motorcycle, with a very low centre of gravity, it was possible to continue its journey,” he explained. “I’ve seen motorcycles ride like this even longer, especially with the cruise control blocked.”