Bob
16th March 2006, 00:42
The Local Government Association (LGA) has urged local authorities to adopt a three-point plan to deal with mini-motorbikes. The LGA says there are now 144,000 mini-motorbikes in the UK. The law prohibits their use on public land but the LGA says that is frequently ignored by riders.
The plan calls on councils to work with the police to seize and crush bikes that are ridden illegally and to seek to serve Anti-Social behaviour Orders and noise notices on persistent offenders. Authorities are also asked to look at setting up managed sites where bikes can be ridden legally.
A number of councils have already got tough over the use of the mini-bikes. Both Coventry and Nottingham report seizing and crushing over eighty bikes and Southwark Council is turning crushed mini-bikes into street furniture.
The plan calls on councils to work with the police to seize and crush bikes that are ridden illegally and to seek to serve Anti-Social behaviour Orders and noise notices on persistent offenders. Authorities are also asked to look at setting up managed sites where bikes can be ridden legally.
A number of councils have already got tough over the use of the mini-bikes. Both Coventry and Nottingham report seizing and crushing over eighty bikes and Southwark Council is turning crushed mini-bikes into street furniture.