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Seizing dangerous bikes

Police are seizing Electric Bikes if they have a motor bigger than 250w. These are very different to the pedal-assist electric bikes giving people a little boost up the hills!


Police off-road bike pictured in north Leeds

If you spot these or any dangerous behaviour on bikes please report it to West Yorkshire Police or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


Some of these bikes don't have Insurance or Road Tax.


We also encourage you to join our police community meetings. There's one tonight at St Chad's Parish Centre.


Longer term we're working to get more funding for the police's Off Road Bike Team (pictured above), capable of chasing these bikers down. And nationally Labour is changing policy so that these dangerous vehicles are destroyed once they've been seized, rather than sold and therefore re-entering the market!

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