The moment an e-scooter rider almost ploughs into a lorry while travelling on the wrong side of the ride has been caught on video.
The scary near-miss was captured on Andy Phillips' dash cam while he was driving his lorry in Nettlestone, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday evening.
The footage shows the fish and chip shop owner travelling along a dark road before the teenager on a hired electric scooter appears from a side road.
The footage shows the teenager riding an e-scooter on the wrong side of the road, and approaching from a side road. As he sees Andy Phillips' lorry, he tries to stop, skids and manages to scramble off before slipping into the path of the lorry and hitting the front of it
The young e-scooter rider disappears out of shot as he skids towards Andy's chippy truck. Andy said he fortunately escaped unharmed
Travelling on the wrong side of the road, the teenager tries to stop as he sees Andy's mobile chippy truck.
He skids and manages to scramble off the e-scooter and slips into the path of the lorry and hits the front of it.
Andy - who runs the Jolly Fryer, on the Isle of Wight - said the youth was fortunate to escape unharmed.
Andy, who runs the Jolly Fryer fish and chip shop on the Isle of Wight, said he 'could so easily have been waking up with the thought of having someone die under the wheels of my truck'
But he added: 'I could so easily have been waking up with the thought of having someone die under the wheels of my truck.
'He was on the wrong side of the road.
'He clearly didn’t expect other traffic to be on the roads.
'He appeared to be of school age.
'His excuse? "It just went into a skid, I wasn’t going too fast".'
Andy alerted police and was told the incident had been logged, but that no further action will be taken.
Andy said the teen was on a Beryl e-scooter that can be hired across the UK from councils - including in Bournemouth, Dorset and Norwich, Norfolk.
Andy added: 'I phoned the Isle of Wight Council on Thursday, because according to blurb put out at the start of the scheme they were proud to be part of such a groundbreaking idea.
“But they apparently have no idea who, on the Island, runs them and also didn’t want to know.
'And if you try contacting Beryl you’ll be lucky to get a chatbot or a disembodied American voice telling you they can’t take your call.”
'So, be warned. If you are unlucky enough to be involved in an accident with one of these which causes damage to your vehicle it would appear you’re on your own.
'On the one hand I’m glad I wasn’t in my car, the damage would have been bad, they’re very heavy.'
Isle of Wight Council has been approached for comment.
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