A Deliveroo delivery driver was stopped by police after they were spotted travelling alongside cars on the motorway.

The bike, which was supposedly an e-bike shocked both police and onlookers who said they had “no words…”.

Thames Valley Police road policing team posted a picture of the bike on the hard shoulder alongside the Deliveroo bag on social media.

One person responded: “There are so many illegal e-bikes around that I’m no longer shocked. Saw one tonight tailgating a car at 30mph, rider completely dressed in black with no lights and no helmet. After dark. 

“Won’t be long before he ruins his own life or that of some poor driver who doesn’t stand a chance of seeing him.”

Jeremy Bennett also noted that he passed the same bike on the M4 near Reading.