Monday, April 11, 2005
Motorbikes in St. Mellons
This Christmas saw a big increase in complaints about noise from motorbikes being used illegally in St. Mellons and Trowbridge.
Despite repeated warnings in our newsletters a few parents gave their children scrambler-bikes or quadbikes for Christmas. This co-incided with the introduction of a new anti-motorbike strategy involving your Councillors, the Council and St. Mellons Police.
A team of motorbike officers, trained to catch off-road bikers is regularly visiting St. Mellons. They can snatch offenders off a moving bike - literally! They operate seven days a week and the people they catch have to pay over £100 to get their bikes back.
We asked the police to start issuing First Stage Anti-Social Behaviour Letters to anyone caught riding these vehicles illegally on Council land. They have agreed and have started doing it.
We understand the thrill of riding these machines so we are asking the Council if there is any land far from homes that local motorbike enthusiasts could use. When we have the answer we will pass on the news. But there would be big hurdles, financial and legal, on those that took up the idea. It’s probably best not to buy the bikes in the first place.
Cllr. David English
Despite repeated warnings in our newsletters a few parents gave their children scrambler-bikes or quadbikes for Christmas. This co-incided with the introduction of a new anti-motorbike strategy involving your Councillors, the Council and St. Mellons Police.
A team of motorbike officers, trained to catch off-road bikers is regularly visiting St. Mellons. They can snatch offenders off a moving bike - literally! They operate seven days a week and the people they catch have to pay over £100 to get their bikes back.
We asked the police to start issuing First Stage Anti-Social Behaviour Letters to anyone caught riding these vehicles illegally on Council land. They have agreed and have started doing it.
We understand the thrill of riding these machines so we are asking the Council if there is any land far from homes that local motorbike enthusiasts could use. When we have the answer we will pass on the news. But there would be big hurdles, financial and legal, on those that took up the idea. It’s probably best not to buy the bikes in the first place.
Cllr. David English
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Alot of residents in st.mellons and trowbridge have motorbikes, i think it would be wonderful if they had a plot of land to use as a track aslong as it is away from houses and things so that other people do not get diturbed, this way they are off the street and there is no noise polution.
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