08-07-2025
Sunderland crackdown sees e-bikes and motorised scooter seized
Ten adapted e-bikes and a motorised scooter "terrorising" people as they were being illegally ridden on roads have been seized by Police said a team dedicated to tackling motorbike disorder carried out a day of action in Sunderland city riders were spoken to while four "fled on foot", according to the force.E-bikes can only have motors that assist riders on speeds of up to 15.5mph, national rules state.
Bikes with faster motors must be classed as motor vehicles, such as motorcycles or mopeds, and riders need a licence to use force described the operation as a "huge success", adding people "shouldn't have to worry about modified bikes, illegally being ridden and terrorising their neighbourhoods".
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