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Crackdown on motors
Far from being toys for young
children, these machines can travel
at up to 20mph and cause serious
injury.
They make a loud buzzing sound and,
when ridden on the pavement, can terrify
pedestrians, especially the elderly.
Police have warned that the steering and
braking systems on these vehicles are
not safe in situations where there are
pedestrians and other traffic.
What’s more, their electrical systems can
disrupt TV signals; so if someone is
whizzing up and down on one in the
street where you live, the chances are
you won’t be able to watch TV
properly. Mini-motos, gopeds
(motorised scooters)
and most quads (motorcycles
with four wheels) are illegal on
public roads - yet they are
currently one of the main causes
of complaint on Hull’s housing
estates.
Residents help team
crackdown
But that doesn’t include Orchard,
Park where there has recently been a
drop of around 70 per cent in incidents
involving illegal motorcycles.
That’s since residents highlighted the
problem at their local ward forum and
prompted action from a multi-agency
team made up of council officers,
police and community wardens.
Officers from the council’s
Antisocial Behaviour Team
secretly filmed riders,
mostly youths, causing a nuisance
around the estate before passing the
evidence to the police.
At the same time, council officers from
the estate’s, Northern Area Team were
busy producing more than 8,000 leaflets
asking residents for information about
illegal riders and where their vehicles
were being ridden and where they were
kept.
The leaflets were delivered by the
Community Wardens, and more
than 1,000 residents returned
them, many providing useful
information.
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