- A cyclist has avoided a potentially fatal incident after riding into highway traffic
- The footage was captured in Darwin and shows a van nearly hitting the cyclist
- The cyclist is not wearing a helmet and continues as if nothing happened
A bold cyclist has been lucky to ride away with their life after they almost hit an oncoming car while trying to do a U-turn.
Horrifying footage of the near crash has emerged which shows the cyclist performing the risky manoeuvre on a busy Darwin intersection.
The footage was filmed on a dashcam by an employee for Killarney Homes and shared on their Facebook account.
A bold cyclist has been lucky to ride away with their life after they almost hit an oncoming car while trying to do a U-turn (pictured)
‘We saw this today and lucky for some quick reactions this cyclist is still alive. Stay safe – things can happen just like that!’ they wrote with the video.
It shows the cyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, slowly peddle straight into on-coming traffic.
Initially the cyclist rides straight into the middle of the road where the speed limit is set at 80km/h.
The rider then spins the bike around and start peddling down the middle of the highway.
As the cyclist is peddling down the road an oncoming van is forced to dramatically swerve out of the way to avoid a possible fatal collision.
The cyclist continues ridding down the road at a slow pace as if nothing happened while the cars behind slow to avoid crashing into them.
The footage was captured in Darwin and shows a van nearly hitting the cyclist
As the cyclist is peddling down the road an oncoming van is forced to dramatically swerve out of the way
Darwin Cycling Club coach Tony Marker told NT News that these types of incidents give the whole cycling community a bad name.
‘It just takes one or two idiots like that to taint the whole cycling community,’ he said.
‘There are a lot of people out there doing the right thing.’
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