23 Oct, 2024 @ 13:41
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Watch: Quad bike driver who performed dangerous tricks on notorious motorway in southern Spain faces jail after being identified

A QUAD bike driver is facing jail after being filmed performing dangerous stunts on a notorious motorway in southern Spain.

The man was recorded while travelling down the busy A-7 road towards Algeciras, in the Campo de Gibraltar.

In footage shared online, he is seen pulling his two front wheels into the air and driving on the bike’s two back tires.

The stretch of motorway is one of the most dangerous in southern Spain and is notorious for crashes.

The images were seen by the no-nonsense Guardia Civil force, who launched an immediate investigation.

Within days the driver was identified and located and is now facing charges of reckless driving.

If convicted, he would face a maximum prison sentence of two years, and could lose his licence for up to six years.

The driver was performing wheelies for at least a minute on one of the A-7’s biggest black spots.

At one point he is seen standing on just one leg on his vehicle before taking the exit for the A-381 towards Los Barrios.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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