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Rash of NSW trail bike crashes

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There has been a sad run of trail bike deaths and injuries in NSW in the past week.

Rider dies at Figtree

Emergency services were called about 6.20pm yesterday (16 June 2020) when a man had not returned home after going for a trail bike ride alone in the bush at Figtree.

Police attended and started a search. The 24-year-old man was located in bushland one kilometre west of O’Brien Rd, Figtree.

NSW Ambulance paramedics attended, however the rider died at the scene.

It is believed the trail bike rider was alone when he “lost control of his motorcycle” and hit a tree.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

Cooma trail bike crash

Three trail bike riders were riding along Wadbilliga Rd, Tuross, east of Cooma, at 1.45pm on Saturday (13 June), when one fell off, about 2km from Tuross Rd.

A second rider went to the man’s aid, while a third left to seek assistance before an emergency beacon was activated, alerting emergency services.

Officers attached to Monaro Police District attended, along with NSW Ambulance paramedics.

Sadly, the 58-year-old male rider died at the scene.

Wagga Wagga crash

A teenager is in a critical condition after a single-vehicle trail bike crash at Wagga Wagga last Wednesday, just after midnight.

Police were told the unregistered trail bike was being ridden on a dirt track in parkland off Ashmont Avenue, Ashmont, by a 15-year-old boy.

He crashed and sustained life-threatening head injuries. His 23-year-old male pillion was also injured.

Both were taken to Wagga Wagga Base Hospital.

Reports on the fatal crashes will be prepared for the coroner.

Anyone with information about any of these incidents is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.

Our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the riders who passed away and our best wishes to the injured rider and pillion for swift and full recovery.

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com

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Unlicensed rider on death charge

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An unlicensed 31-year-old man riding an allegedly stolen trail bike has been charged after a fatal crash with two pedestrians in western NSW on Friday (10 April 2020).

NSW Police say the incident occurred in Creedon Street, Broken Hill, about 8.30pm.

A 34-year-old woman was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics but died at the scene.

A 57-year-old man was taken to Broken Hill Hospital in a serious condition, before he was airlifted to Dubbo Base Hospital with leg and rib injuries.

The trail bike rider, which was not wearing a helmet, was also injured but allegedly attempted to leave the scene and was held by witnesses until police arrived.

He was taken to Broken Hill Hospital under police guard for treatment and mandatory testing.

Officers from Barrier Police District established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Following inquiries, the rider was charged – while in police custody at hospital – with aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death, aggravated dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, take and drive conveyance, expired licence, motorbike rider not wear a helmet, and not give particulars to police.

Police will allege in court the man stole the trail bike earlier that day from a house in Broken Hill and was riding it at a speed above the sign posted 50km/h zone when he hit the pedestrians.

He was refused bail to appear before Dubbo Local Court via AVL today (Sunday 12 April 2020).

A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.

Our sincere condolences to the family and fiends of the woman who died and out best wishes to the other pedestrian for a full and swift recovery.

Unlicensed riding

The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries believes that unlicensed riding has increased because it is too difficult and expensive to get a licence these days.

In the same decade that licensing has become tougher, the proportion of unlicensed riders has almost doubled, according to a Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) report.

Check out the articles below that we have published in recent years on this trend of unlicensed riding.

The growth of unlicensed riding crashes should concern all road goers, as well as pedestrians.

It not only creates danger on our roads, but their crash statistics skew the toll which creates a worse impression of riding.

Unfortunately, governments grab these crash stats and use them to impose tougher restrictions on all riders.

MUARC says 7% of all motorcycle crashes involve riders without a valid motorcycle licence.

Take those numbers out of the motorcycle crash statistics and they would be more realistic.

Unlicensed riders also tend to have 25% more serious injury crashes than licensed riders, MUARC says.

That’s probably because they tend to ride older motorcycles that don’t have modern and safer brakes and handling characteristics.

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com

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Unlicensed trail bikes riders copped

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Unlicensed trail bike riders have been caught by NSW Police for a variety of offences in a move we applaud and many other riders should.

Unlicensed riders on unregistered motorcycles, often wearing inappropriate gear and performing dangerous and illegal stunts, give the rest of us law-abiding riders a bad name.

Trail bike operation

Lake Macquarie Police District targeted the illegal use of unregistered trail bikes in an operation yesterday (Wednesday 19 February 2020), focusing on the areas of Windale, Glendale and Cameron Park.

During the operation, a rider was seen travelling on Main Road, Cameron Park before the 28-year-old man was arrested on Nancy Close about 3pm.

He was taken to Toronto Police Station and charged with drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous, display misleading plates, use unregistered and uninsured vehicle, possess prohibited drugs and drive whilst disqualified.

The Teralba man has been refused bail to appear at Toronto Local Court today.

A second rider, a 33-year-old man, was arrested about 4.20pm after being seen travelling from Windale to Dudley.

Unlicensed and unregistered trail bike riders nabbed by policeAn unlicensed and unregistered trail bike rider nabbed by police

He was taken to Belmont Police Station and charged with drive recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous, use unregistered and uninsured vehicle, rider not wear helmet, unlicensed rider and trespass.

The Gateshead man has been granted conditional bail to appear at Belmont Local Court on Monday 24 February 2020

During the operation, police also issued three infringements for negligent driving, two youth cautions for riding unregistered bikes and seized four unregistered trail bikes.

Lake Macquarie Police District Commander Superintendent Daniel Sullivan said police will continue to detect and deter illegal trail bike offences throughout the Lake Macquarie area through these operations.

“The behaviour of trail bike riders is a major concern for police. Their reckless behaviour not only places their lives at risk but more importantly, those of innocent people,” he says.

“When riders are detected breaking the law, police will take appropriate action by issuing infringements, charges, suspending licences and seizing bikes.”

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Dirt bikeMBW enjoys the occasional legal “dirt squirt”

We applaud the crackdown on unlicensed trail bike riders on unregistered bikes, even if it means some legitimate riders may be held up by police for licence checks.

Unlicensed and unregistered riders not only give us a bad name, but they tend to crash and die and distort the road toll statistics which authorities use to further harass riders.

While there are many legitimate trail and adventure riders and we also enjoy getting off the main roads and on to forestry trails, there are trail bike riders who also do the wrong thing.

Among their sins are riding off designated trails, trespassing, riding through paddocks, alarming livestock, causing erosion and not closing farm gates behind them.

It is getting so bad that some states are now considering banning people from riding bikes on their own land within 500m of a neighbour because of the noise.

Electric trail bikes should help resolve that issue.

Meanwhile, there are still many legitimate forestry tails for registered trail and adventure bikes and 4WDs.

We found these websites for various states: Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and  Western Australia.

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com