Brampton Wards 3 and 4 Coun. Jeff Bowman posted a photo to Twitter on July 4 after witnessing a male cyclist travelling on Steeles Avenue while holding on to a moving dump truck.

“Saw this on Steeles at First Gulf this am. The cyclist rode the truck down to the 410 exit before letting go. Dangerous!,” read the tweet, which included two photos of the incident.

Saw this on Steeles at First Gulf this am. The cyclist rode the truck down to the 410 exit before letting go. Dangerous! pic.twitter.com/BqGPUJCezX

— Jeff Bowman (@councillorjeff) July 4, 2019

“He was behind the truck. Next thing you know he slowly walks his bike out in between the car in front of me and the truck. I thought, ‘OK, he’s going to try and cross traffic’ — which is even worse — but then he got on his bike and grabbed the back handles of the truck,” said Bowman, adding traffic was travelling at between 40 and 50 km/h.

"I couldn't believe it," he said. “People have to realize that they could get killed doing that."

According to Google Maps, the distance between First Gulf Boulevard and Highway 410 on Steeles Avenue is approximately 400 metres.

Bowman said the truck driver eventually noticed the cyclist as they approached the Highway 410 ramp and began honking, at which point the cyclist let go.