BBC presenter Jeremy Vine stopped for speeding... on his bicycle (VIDEO)

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Jeremy Vine has been stopped for speeding - after he was caught doing 16mph on his bike.

The Radio 2 presenter, a keen cyclist who commutes on two wheels, was pulled over after he was clocked on a speed gun in one of London's royal parks this morning.

The broadcaster was travelling at more than three times the limit for the area although he said he had not seen any signs informing cyclists of the permitted speed.

Jeremy - who posted a film clip of the moment he was stopped online - said he received a ribbing when he got to the BBC's New Broadcasting House.

He said: "When I got to the office and said I was radar-gunned at 16mph on my bicycle, producer said 'you are living on the edge'."

The midday show host told his followers on Twitter: "They said speed limit in Hyde Park is 5mph and I was doing 16mph. I apologised."

One wag responded: "I bet Guy Martin will have a go at topping that."

Another wrote: "For goodness sake - because that's the real danger, cyclists on a path, not lorries on the road. Unbelievable."

 

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.