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C C:
I just come across this. Anyone know if they crushed the guy's bike.
From the Hertfordshire Mercury:
--- Quote --- Man's anger at police threat to crush bike
AN East Herts man who lent his £3,000 motocross bike to his nephew is furious that police confiscated the vehicle and plan to crush it.
Lee Pearse, 27, is still paying for the Yamaha bike  but it's about to be turned into a cube of metal.
His nephew, Lee Lawrence, 17, of Fanhams Road, Ware, was stopped by police when he rode the bike onto a bridleway near the gravel pits at Chapmore End, where he and his friends were riding.
Although he was unaware that the gravel path was a public highway, and there were no signs to warn him, an officer confiscated the vehicle and one ridden by his friend, on the spot.
Now, in a case that will serve as a warning to trail bikers across the county, Herts police will crush the bikes, as they are designed only for track use and cannot be insured on the roads.
Lee, who uses the YZF 250 legally on a track in Harlow, said: "They didn't even get a warning. It's so heavy-handed. I think it's disgusting.
"What's so annoying is that it's my bike  I'm getting punished. Fair enough if it was me. I'm 27 and should know better. But they didn't even realise.
"The officer said just because it doesn't have a white line down the middle doesn't mean it's not a road."
Lee, a lorry driver from Bishop's Stortford, has seen a solicitor and enlisted the help of county councillor David Beatty (Con, Ware North) to persuade police to relent before they crush the bike in a week's time.
But yesterday (Thursday, 27 July), the force was sticking by its use of a law which the county's chief constable, Frank Whiteley, was instrumental in introducing to the statute book.
A spokeswoman said: "These bikes are manufactured for use in motocross.
"They are not for use on bridleways and they are not roadworthy. You cannot register and insure them.
"Section 152 of the Serious and Organised Crime Act 2005 gives police the power to seize bikes used on public highways without insurance and without an appropriate licence.
"If the bike had hit somebody, there could have been a compensation claim for hundreds of thousands of pounds.
"Since August 2005, we have seized 4,400 bikes under this legislation. We were alerted to this one by a complaint from a member of the public."
The hard-line stance has won backing from Hertfordshire's Country Land and Business Association.
Lending support to Operation Agrarian, Herts police's crackdown on trail biking in rural areas, chairman David de Boinville said: "These motorcyclists are a menace. They are a danger to walkers and horse- riders, cut up paths and ruin the peace of the countryside."
28 July 2006
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tomcat:
ho,ra at last a law that works should put the riders in three years nat service for good measure. [-o< :D
Terminus:
I agree the bike should be crushed (but then I would wouldn't I?)
There are groups of the 'general public' who don't discern between muppets driving off road illegally and those who are law abiding and considerate. The kind of people who would see a set of tyre tracks in any part of the country and be heard to say things such as" ooh those environmental vandals..." or "They shouldn't be allowed to drive...." and "Those off road people should be banned, pass the flask of tea ... oh and do you like my nice new red socks?"
So anyone driving where they shouldn't should rightfully get their vehicle crushed.
If the owner loaned the bike to his nephew then He should have KNOWN where and how it was going to be used this is his responsibility - just like if you loan your car to a mate and he/she turns out to not be insured to drive it - you would get charged with causing and permitting the driver to drive without insurance because it is your responsibility to check this prior to lending the car.
*steps off soap box*
So anyone like a nice cuppa?? :lol: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
att:
Heavy handed and out of order.
Thats the trouble with this bloody country.
Get caught burgling a house and you get a slap on the wrists.
In each and every case I now take the law into my own hands.
<EDIT> :roll:
The tide will soon turn and unfortunately the Police will bear the brunt of the publics anger.
I am usually a law biding citizen, but the many new laws coming in make me want to break them more and more.
Totalitarian State is here.
I just hope all the folks who agree with this sort of heavy handed response agree with it when they are on the end of it through no fault of their own, just a simple mistake can lead to this....We are not all perfect and do not know all the laws of the land.
Do we really want the UK to be homogonised?.....The spirit of the people controlled completely.....I don`t think so, but we are going down the path at an alarming rate of knots.
floyd fan:
--- Quote from: "att" ---Heavy handed and out of order.
Thats the trouble with this bloody country.
Get caught burgling a house and you get a slap on the wrists.
In each and every case I now take the law into my own hands.
The Police have their hands tied by legislation......And quite often their own low IQ. :roll:
The tide will soon turn and unfortunately the Police will bear the brunt of the publics anger.
I am usually a law biding citizen, but the many new laws coming in make me want to break them more and more.
Totalitarian State is here.
I just hope all the folks who agree with this sort of heavy handed response agree with it when they are on the end of it through no fault of their own, just a simple mistake can lead to this....We are not all perfect and do not know all the laws of the land.
Do we really want the UK to be homogonised?.....The spirit of the people controlled completely.....I don`t think so, but we are going down the path at an alarming rate of knots.
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Couldnt have put it better myself, the guy has never even had a warning before.
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