Footage published to social media shows a Police Scotland officer falling while cycling down a set of steps. The officers was said to have been demonstrating a safe way for kids to cycle down steps at the time.
The footage, shot at Prestwick Academy in South Ayrshire, was posted by Twitter user @Hoopsterdell, who captioned it “Strathclyde’s finest”.
The officer slowly bumps down one set of steps to where there is a turn, but his weight then takes him forwards over a now stationary front wheel and he lands in a heap.
Strathclyde's finest pic.twitter.com/5DiXzYaybe
— Derek (@Hoopsterdell) April 10, 2017
Speaking to the Daily Record, Hoopsterdell explained: “Police were staging a safe way for kids to go down the stairs on their bikes and the policeman failed miserably. He took it in good spirits. He was fine, just a bit embarrassed.”
11 thoughts on “Video: Police officer demonstrates how not to cycle down steps”
Shouldn’t laugh but …
Shouldn’t laugh but …
ped wrote:
Impossible not too!
Is there a safe way to cycle
Is there a safe way to cycle down stairs?
ktache wrote:
I used to cycle down the stairs into school every day. never had a problem. weight back behind the saddle. back brake on front brake off.
these were proper normally steep stairs not the flattened out ones.
ktache wrote:
There’s defintely safer ways than going very slowly and turning your front wheel when you get to the bottom.
Though I’m pretty surprised that the police are doing this in the first place, they used to give us loads of crap about doing it at the stations when we were kids…
ktache wrote:
Define safe….. 😉
Would he have tried that if
Would he have tried that if he hadn’t been wearing a helmet?
He’s no Danny MacAskill is he
He’s no Danny MacAskill is he?
Real men jump stairs….
Real men jump stairs…..whilst chucking in a barspin…and doing a 360….on a tricycle.
Perhaps not the best place to
Perhaps not the best place to practice since had he gone over the railling the drop is about 30 foot. Then again our police are perhaps not the brightest.
bikeman01 wrote:
I for one feel sympathy for the bloke.
And as ever, US cops are much worse.
This chap should take comfort from not being in the same league as the FBI BATF gun-safety guy who shot himself in the foot while giving a lesson on the safe handling of firearms. ( I’d link to youtube but some of the associated clips on similar subjects are just too horrible).