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A cyclist has been fined after a police dashcam caught them riding on the wrong side of the road at night with no lights and a puncture.

Worrying footage shared by Surrey Police's Roads Policing unit on Friday (January 31) shows a barely visible cyclist riding towards traffic on what is thought by SurreyLive to be the 40mph London Road in Guildford.

Seemingly dressed in all black, the rider passes the police car then turns around and goes to catch back up with him.

By that point, the cyclist can be seen riding along the pavement, still against the traffic flow.

A tweet from the Roads Policing Unit said: "Blink and you’ll miss him…

"Cyclist on a 40mph road, cycling the wrong way on the wrong side of the road, with no lights on and had a rear puncture resulting in occasional lack of control.

"The rider was stopped and dealt with via a Fixed Penalty Notice."

Sergeant Dan Pascoe, who captured the footage, told one follower that the male cyclist did have a light, but that it was not on - the flashing light in the video footage is from the police car's headlights.

It has not been said how much the fine was, but other users took to Twitter to give their opinion on the incident.

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One wrote: "I'm a cyclist (and a driver), and it always confuses me why one would cycle on the road when there's a cycle lane. I mean, I know the reason: cyclists don't want to lose time by slowing down to avoid people walking.

"Meanwhile, drivers have to do the same because of them. Selfish."