Planned operations over the weekend by officers of the Road Policing Unit and the Armed Response Team resulted in the confiscation of five motor scooters with loud mufflers, and five scooter-related tickets – two for riding without a crash helmet and loud from muffler and two for failing to stop at a traffic light and one for a passenger on scooter not wearing a crash helmet.
The five scooters are being detained until the owners can replace the present mufflers with the original which has a built-in silencer.
One scooter rider was charged with reckless driving, driving without a driver’s licence, driving an unlicensed vehicle, driving an uninsured vehicle and riding without a crash helmet after he and his pillion rider fell while attempting to maneuver their way around the stationary police vehicle blockade. Both driver and pillion ride sustained minor injuries but refused medical attention.
Another three persons were reported for the offences of driving without a driver’s licence, driving unlicensed vehicle. Out of those three persons, one was reported for riding without a crash helmet.
This year-end operation follows a series of such operations in 2021 targeting motorists who violate the Road Traffic Laws. These planned operations are intended to pursuit owners of illegal bikes and those that cause a noise nuisance while minimising the risk to riders, the public and officers.