Passenger clings to outside of speeding bullet train for 20 miles, police say: ‘Life-threatening nonsense’

He caught a speeding “bullet” with his bare hands.

A daredevil passenger is lucky to be alive after clinging to a high-speed train for miles as it rocketed along at over 170 miles per hour.

The 40-year-old Hungarian commuter had been riding on the Intercity Express train, which was traveling cross-country from Munich to Lübeck when he decided to take a smoke break at the station in Ingolstadt, the BBC reported.

However, the bozo spent too long puffing away and the locomotive’s door closed, threatening to strand him at the stop.

So, in a split-second decision, the rider decided to jump onto the bracket between two of the cars like something out of an action movie, the Guardian reported.

The train then sped away at 175 miles per hour, making it 20 miles with the daredevil hanging on for dear life before witnesses saw him and alerted the authorities.

The conductor then brought the vehicle to a halt in Kinding, Upper Bavaria.

“A police officer from the state police who happened to be traveling with the train found the 40-year-old Hungarian ‘passenger’ and brought him onto the train,” a police representative said.

The traveler — who was “amazingly,” unharmed according to police — was subsequently removed and the iron horse continued on its way. He was then handed over to authorities in Nuremberg.

While being questioned, the rider revealed the “loco-motive” behind his harebrained stunt: he claimed he’d left his luggage onboard the train during his cigarette break and didn’t want to lose it.

The perp will likely be charged with disrupting operations and is also being probed for financial impropriety because he did not possess a valid ticket.

In light of the ludicrous situation, authorities have implored the public to refrain from engaging in “life-threatening nonsense.”