Video: Garda sees funny side after forced to ride rickshaw through Dublin

This garda did his best to get away from the camera as quick as he could. Clearly mortified, he also saw the funny side.

A garda has become an unlikely online hit, after being filmed riding a rickshaw through the streets of Dublin.

He was recorded by either a cyclist or another rickshaw driver who rolled alongside him for a while in the city centre.

The clip has surfaced online and is on its way to going viral; the unlikely scene proving a popular one.

It's not clear from the film why the garda, in full uniform, is on the rickshaw. However, he swings onto Dame St and then College Green before going onto Westmoreland St.

He is headed in the direction of nearby Pearse St Garda station and may have been going there having impounded the bike.

Gardai have been clamping down on rickshaws in the city centre. They are set to be regulated soon and many of them have been impounded.

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We're not sure the garda riding this one would last too long in the game. His cornering is not exactly slick!

However, while clearly wanting to get away from the person with his phone out recording, he seems to be amused by the situation when stopped at the lights at the start of the clip.

He also engages in some decent banter as he tries to get away from the rolling camera as quick as he can.