Cyclist Takes Ride On Closed Down 405 Freeway

(CNS) – A bicycle rider headed south on a car-less San Diego (405) Freeway was escorted off the road in West Los Angeles Saturday.

“We were surprised to see that,” California Highway Patrol Officer Brandon Sherman said. “Obviously, it’s not something common that you see on the freeway,”

The rider, on racing-style bike, was spotted at 8:36 a.m. near Montana Avenue in Brentwood, Sherman said. A CHP motorcycle officer shadowed the man and persuaded him to pull off the freeway near the junction with the Santa Monica (10) Freeway about 10 minutes later, he said.

It was unclear if the rider would be cited, or where he got onto the freeway.

A group of riders had sought permission to plummet southbound through the pass while the freeway was closed, but that request was denied.