Moment Lime bike cyclist smashes into a double-decker bus when it suddenly stops – so who do YOU think was in the wrong?

This is the moment a cyclist on a rented electrically assisted Lime bike crashed into the back of a double-decker bus that had dramatically stopped in the middle of the road.

Dashcam footage shows the bus coming to a stop after heavy braking on Eaton Rise, Ealing.

Less than a second later, the bicycle, with its striking green basket at the front, crashed into the back of the bus.

The riders are assisted on the bikes by a powerful electric motor that can propel it to a maximum speed of 23.8 km/h.

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The force of the impact was so great, lifting the bike's rear wheel off the ground as the rider is propelled over the handlebars and into the bus before falling onto the asphalt.

The footage shows the rider moving slightly on the ground before the clip ends.

It was shared by the @UB1UB2 account on the social media microblogging site formerly known as Twitter and has been viewed more than 184,000 times.

One person who viewed the video suggested that professional cyclist Jeremy Vine should “blame the bus driver.”

While a second suggested: 'Honestly those big red buses are hard to see.' Another on a similar theme said the cyclist should 'go to Specsavers'.

Several people asked whether the cyclist had not noticed the bus because he was concentrating on his mobile phone.

Shaun O claimed in a slightly tongue-in-cheek response: 'He doesn't stop for red wines.'

Transport for London said they had no comment on the video.

The Metropolitan Police and the London Ambulance Service said the collision was not reported to them.

MailOnline has also contacted Lime for a response.

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