Rollerblader triggers speed camera in downhill stunt
Man sets off a speed camera on a public road after exceeding 30mph while on rollerskates.
5:28PM BST 05 May 2011
Sam Tuffnell, 28, believes he was rolling close to 40mph when he caused a speed camera to flash on a road in Hastings, East Sussex.
Wearing a high visibility vest to ensure the camera would pick him out as he whizzed by, Mr Tuffnell used the momemtum of a hill descent to trigger the camera reaction.
Video footage of the dangerous stunt, carried out at night on a public road, was posted on YouTube by Jake Eley, who runs a skate shop in Eastbourne,
While breaking the speed limit on rollerblades is not a crime under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which applies the limit only to motorised vehicles, road safetly campaigners have criticised the stunt as "extremely foolish".
"This sort of activity should always take place off the road under supervised conditions and ideally with protective clothing being used", Neil Hopkins of the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership said.
"Motorists won't be expecting to see someone on roller blades in the road, and other road users would find it incredibly difficult to accurately judge speed," he added.
