Anti-dirt bike campaign launched

Posted : 25-07-2006

After a rash of deadly crashes and non-stop complaints, a campaign has been launched in greater Manchester to change the law regarding off-road motorbikes.

Greater Manchester Police received 26,000 complaints in just over a year and five people have been killed on the bikes since October, the Manchester Evening News reports.

A loophole in the law means off-road bikes, many with top speeds in excess of 60 mph, can be sold as toys, the paper said.

Chief Inspector Haydn Roberts told the MEN: "If we don't bring this problem under control, there will be more serious incidents.

"I don't want another period like we had around Christmas when three kids died."

Now the MEN is launching a campaign to change the law regarding these dangerous machines.

A change in the law that would see all off-road bikes, including trial bikes, quad bikes, petrol scooters and go-peds registered with the DVLA and carry a visible number plate, is being called for.

Following the severe injuries sustained by a 17-year-old boy in Scotland, following a crash with a Land Rover, police have issued a strong warning to the public about the use of mini-bikes, the BBC reports.



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