M5 scooter rider: Man charged after being caught over the limit on the motorway
A man has been charged with riding a scooter on a motorway – and also testing over the alcohol limit Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276
A man has been charged after an e-scooter was filmed being ridden on the M5 in Somerset. Jamal Rabeh, 29, is accused of driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving without insurance and being a learner driver on a motorway.
Avon & Somerset Police Roads Policing Unit posted the video on X, formally Twitter, saying: “This rider was stopping riding their privately owner e-scooter on the motorway at 3am whilst twice the drink drive limit. Rubbish visibility and weather. Arrested and charged for: drink driving, no insurance, learner driver on a motorway.
You couldn’t write it!”
Rabeh is due appear in court on January 18.
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