A rather unique motorist has raised official eyebrows in Jimo, China.
Police in China have handed out a warning to a motorcyclist after he was stopped for driving without any arms.
Liu Yeung, 27, from Jimo, was spotted driving with two pals on a specially modified bike.
Officer Zhang Jie said: "It was only when we stopped him that we realised he didn't actually have any arms. He had fitted a specially modified handlebar to the bike and was doing it with his body."
He has been driving that way for years after he lost both arms when he was seven years old after touching a live electric cable with both hands.
He was handed over to a circus when he was 10 by his parents and earned his money as a trick cyclist - and decided to modify the motorbike to help himself get around.
A police spokesman said: "The man said that he was a very safe driver and felt he was as good as anyone else on the road, despite his disability. He was surprised when we arrested him for driving without arms - he thought we had stopped him because he was riding with two passengers instead of one."
They said that Liu had lost his job at the circus after it went bust three years ago and since then have been earning money running a taxi service driving people around town.
He was ordered to stop using the vehicle but police did not fine him because he is so poor.
For sheer determination, one has to give him due credit: but I shudder to think how many near-accidents he must have avoided by the skin of his teeth! I've ridden a motorcycle for many years, and I can't imagine how he's managed to avoid coming a cropper before now - particularly with two passengers!
Peter
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