Provincial police in Burlington responded to reports of a man riding on the rooftop of a vehicle on Highway 403 on at around 6:15 Sunday morning.

When they stopped the westbound vehicle in Ancaster, the alleged car surfer was still holding onto the roof-racks, police said.

Two men in their late teens from Ancaster have been charged.

"This incident had the potential for disastrous results," police wrote in a media release.

In 2012, nineteen-year-old George To of Mississauga suffered irreversible brain injuries after a car surfing incident.

Daniel Ciliman, 19, was sentenced to 75 days in jail for the driving stunt that left his good friend permanently brain-damaged.

Royal Virk, 19, died in 2013 after falling from a moving Honda Civic in Brampton. The alleged driver, a 16-year-old male, was charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death.

Police remind the public to "exercise good judgment and refrain from engaging in dangerous behaviour" while on the roads.

The rooftop-rider, 18, has been charged with failing to occupy a position with a seatbelt.

Lorne Andrew Hamilton, 19, has been charged with dangerous driving and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 18.

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