Police are urging bikers to take it easy on the roads - after dramatic dashcam footage showed a rider narrowly avoiding a head-on crash.
The video was shot on the Mountain Road on Saturday evening, and shows a motorcyclist on the wrong side of the road swerving to avoid a car.
Taken from a dash cam last night. It's not just you on the mountain don't ruin lives pic.twitter.com/qszBRtaQNm
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Officers also say they stopped a drink-driver who was almost three times the limit at the weekend.
Inspector Gavin Callow says those who drink before getting behind the wheel can expect tough sentences from the courts:
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