Police are continuing to crackdown on off-road bikers as officers are given extra power to confiscate bikes. Most recently a section 59 order has been placed on Longsight Park . The park is now subject to a protection order of The Police Act from off road bikes.
The Section 59 increases police powers to seize off-road and e-bikes where they are being driven off road or in public spaces. The order also makes it an offence for a person to fail to stop a vehicle when required to do so by a police officer punishable by a fine of up to £1000. Recently a man has been arrested after an off-road bike was seized in Bolton on Saturday.
Officers with Operation Hurricane saw an off-road bike being ridden along the pavement close to Seven Acres Country Park on Thicketford Road in Breightmet on Saturday afternoon. Officers managed to stop the bike, before the rider ran off into the park. A 19-year-old was swiftly detailed and arrested for dangerous driving and having no insurance.
The bike has been seized under section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (no insurance). Forces across the UK confiscated 937 e-bikes in the year to August 11 , according to Freedom of Information (FoI) figures obtained by the PA news agency. That is compared with 511 during the previous 12 months.
Operation Hurricane is Greater Manchester Police's operation targeting the anti-social use of e-bikes, off road bikes and quad bikes. It has been running since June this year and plans to expand in October. Operation .
