A young man in Bac Lieu city in the southern Mekong Delta region has been fined VND6 million (roughly US$300) for driving a motorcycle with his legs, police said.

Huynh Tuan Anh’s vehicle is to be seized for seven days and he will lose his bike driving license for 6 months, according to local police officer Huynh Chi Phong.  

At 5 pm on Nov. 11, Tuan Anh drove a scooter with his feet to a residential area in ward 1, Bac Lieu city where a large number of residents were doing physical exercises.

Sometimes he drove the bike with no hand, stood up and lay on the motorcycle saddle, eyewitnesses said.  

Tuan Anh was held by local police 20 minutes later. He told police that he had a traffic accident leading to a skull fracture in October, 2009.