Scooters seized, riders ticketed in end-of-year police operation
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is reporting that it conducted a successful end-of-year traffic operation that resulted in the ticketing of scooter riders and the confiscation of several motor scooters that violated the road code.
“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 a scooter not wearing a crash helmet,” the RVIPF said in a media release today.
The release further said the five scooters confiscated are being held by the police until the owners can replace the present mufflers with the original which has a built-in silencer.
The RVIPF also noted that a driver and pillion rider sustained minor injuries while trying to avoid police officers after they were instructed to stop.
“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 manoeuvre their way around the stationary police vehicle blockade.
Both driver and pillion rider sustained minor injuries but refused medical attention,” the press release said.
“Another three persons were reported for the offences of driving without a driver’s licence, driving an unlicensed vehicle. Out of those three persons, one was reported for riding without a crash helmet,” it added.
This year-end operation follows a series of similar operations in 2021 targeting motorists who violate the road traffic laws. These planned operations, according to the police, are intended to pursue owners of illegal bikes and those that cause a noise nuisance while also minimising the risk to riders, the public, and officers.
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ITS ABOUT TIME
Can we please do this as a monthly exercise rather than once a year? thank you and please
Come west end,you,ll get more
green land too
It hasnt had much effect. Yesterday in town I saw four without helmets, and two with no number plate.
If possible can you just snap a few pic of the lil bandits and forward to the commish quick quick. Be mighty helpful
Especially the ones at Little Apple Bay/Carrot Bay/Zion Hill area. They traffic from Zion Hill to Carrot Bay, racing, burning tires! They seems to love Cappon’s Bay field for revving engines and round and round they go! They also love to gang up at one bar there and show off on the flat. The noise is unbearable at times. Even with windows closed! Certainly not a pleasant atmosphere. It is a common thing to be awoken by the noise late at night and into the early morning hours.
The latest 5 to be seized were from that area. But there are still more that need to be dealt with. No one objects to bikes with mufflers. But they refuse to use them and continue with anti social behavior. Let them pay the price. SuperCop is coming back.
Can we get it in Virgin Gorda Please.
But also go after trucks and cars that are breaking the laws, lights safe tires and brakes, licenced drivers and insurance…
and very dark windows. Ask why?
Go West End on a Sunday afternoon. Make sure you have two big trucks to put them in. Interestingly all the police in the Police station in West End must be deaf by now, because they could just walk out the gate and easily get ten bikes every Sunday afternoon.
THE UNTOUCHABLE ONES COMES TO MIND ,