A motorcyclist who was thrown off his bike as he tried to do a wheelie at 70mph has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
Lee Oliver, 38, and Lee Cunningham, 39, both from the Sussex town of Horsham, had cameras fitted to their motorbikes which recorded their journeys, as well as how fast they were going.
Video released by police shows Oliver being thrown from his bike while trying to perform the trick and then falling into the path of a passing van.
The driver braked immediately but Oliver was travelling so quickly that, while his bike skidded off the surface into undergrowth, he rolled and bounced along the road until he was hit by the van.
Oliver continued to slide along the road for another 49ft (15m) past the van, which had been forced to brake so suddenly that it was hit from behind by a following car.
Before he crashed, Oliver had reached a speed of 130mph on the Cockfield bypass while Cunningham had managed to reach 137mph at one point, as well as almost three times the 30mph speed limit on another stretch of the road.
The crash happened in May last year and was recorded by both the camera on his bike and a dashboard camera in the van that was travelling towards him.
Both were given an 18-month suspended prison sentence last week at Lewes Crown Court.
They were also banned from driving for four years and told to do 200 hours of community service. They were each also ordered to pay a £1,000 fine and £700 costs.
Sergeant Huw Watts, from Surrey and Sussex roads policing unit, said: "When you watch the video, it seems amazing that Oliver escaped with just minor injuries and concussion.
"If he had come off his bike just seconds later he could have gone under the wheels of the van and been seriously injured or even killed.
"Motorcyclists are vulnerable road users who usually come off worst when they are involved in a collision but this case shows how some can put themselves at risk by abusing the fact that their machines can go fast and perform stunts."
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