Shocking images show young girl ‘hanging on’ as she rides on the back of a powerful motorbike
Motorists left astonished as the tiny girl clings on while bike waves in and out of traffic
MOTORISTS were left flabbergasted after spotting a tiny young girl clinging onto the back of a superbike rider.
Shocking images of the young girl, aged around six, holding on as the powerful motor revved its engine emerged on Monday afternoon.
The young girl cannot touch the ground with her feet and can barely hold onto the male rider's waist with her tiny arms.
Speaking to the , Will Lister said he feared the girl would tumble off the back as it weaved in and out of traffic at 40mph in the city's suburb of Fallowfield.
He said: “He was overtaking cars and vans with the young girl hanging on. It was horrible to watch. I thought she was going to fall off at any moment.”
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“Motorbikes are flying round here all the time at the moment, lads with no helmets.
"This is the the worst thing I have seen yet. It was a powerful bike and I’m sure it’s not legal to have such a small passenger. She couldn’t even get her hands round his body.”
There is no minimum age limit to ride pillion on a motorbike.
But children must be able to reach foot pegs and wear a helmet.
Alice Bailey, campaigns adviser for Brake, a road safety charity, said: "Legally children can be carried pillion on a motorbike with their parents permission and if their feet can reach the foot rests.
"But as children are so vulnerable to serious injury or death in the event of a crash, we would never recommend it."
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