AN idiot motorcyclist has been caught texting while riding in death-defying speeds of up to 100km/h.

In a shocking photo obtained by the Herald Sun, the woman is seen riding along EastLink at high speeds while looking down at her mobile phone.

Steven, 25, who did not wish for his surname to be published, said he saw the woman as his boss drove him home from work.

“It was just in her back pocket and I saw her whip it out and start texting,” the man, from Croydon, said.

“She was on her phone a good 20 to 30 seconds.”

Both he and his boss were stunned by what they were seeing.

“I was like, ‘You can’t be serious’,” Steven said.

“I said to my boss, ‘Look at this idiot’.

“If she came off, she’d be dead.”

But the reckless rider is far from the only motorist to put her life at risk with a breathtaking piece of stupidity on Melbourne’s roads.

Another rider was snapped riding with a BBQ strapped to his chest along the Eastern Freeway after finding it dumped on a nature strip in January 2008.

media_camera A rider on the Eastern Freeway sports an abandoned BBQ.

media_camera This P-plater was photographed by a Herald Sun reader.

A P-plate driver, who later turned himself into police, was also snapped travelling along the Eastern Freeway with his feet out the window on Christmas Eve in 2012.

Steven, a refrigerator mechanic, said Wednesday’s rider appeared to be in her 20s or 30s and was wearing no protective gloves and only a thin jacket and pants when she pulled the stunt near the Melba Tunnel, about 4pm on Wednesday.

Steven, who recently acquired his own motorbike licence, said there were vigorous lessons on safety before being given the privilege to ride on the roads.

“I don’t even take my hands off the handle bars when I’m tightening my gloves,” he said.

“I couldn’t believe it.”

State Highway Patrol Insp Simon Humphrey said drivers who take their eyes off the road for two seconds at 50km/h effectively travel blind for 27 metres.

“Anything could happen in that time,” he said.

“Driving while using a mobile phone can impair a driver’s reaction time, ability to maintain speed and position on the road, and general awareness of other traffic.

“Run off the road and rear end crashes are the most common types of crashes associated with drivers using mobile phones.”

Those caught texting while driving loses four demerit points and faces a $443 fine.

Insp Humphrey said police were not in a position to follow up the offence as the rider could not be identified by the photo.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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