Where I live there seems to be a plague of kids / teens riding about in off road scrambler type bikes and a few quads as well. No lights, license or anything.
Racing up and down the main street, up onto pavements, through parks etc.
Police seem powerless to do anything.
My issue is not only with these people, but those who know who they are. These bikes do not appear out of thin air, they come out of someone's back garden, shed, garage or whatever. Society needs to take a firmer grip on itself, its fine to always blame the police / council / govt (delete as applicable) but sometimes society needs to grow a set.
We have a local facebook page with about 3000 members. Its very interesting reading posts and almost able to bracket people into different criteria.
1. These idiots on the bikes are going to kill someone and they need stopped.
2. Ach, they are not doing anyone any harm, weren't you young once and got up to some mischief?
3. Those bikes are cool, I'm going to get one for xmas and join them..
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