News Christmas present confiscated
A teenage boy from Swinefleet has been left disappointed after having his off-road motorbike confiscated because he was pushing it along the road.
Ricky Vagg (17) received the £300 bike as a Christmas present from his family, putting some money towards it himself. He went to pick up the bike on Sunday and on Monday he was pushing it along the road with a friend when a Police Community Support Officer stopped them and asked if he had insurance for it.
Ricky took the bike home and he was later visited by the PCSO, accompanied by a police officer. They told him that if he had no insurance for the bike they would have to take it from him.
Ricky's mother, Lesley Storey, explained: "We didn't know you had to have insurance just to push the bike down the street. My husband and I have ridden bikes for years and neither of us knew. We rang round insurance companies and we can only get it insured for theft, not third party."
Because Ricky cannot get third-party insurance for his bike, he cannot get it back from the compound.
"Basically, we just want to warn parents that if they are buying their children off-road bikes for Christmas, not to let them on the roads - even pushing them - unless they are on a trailer. This is the only way round the insurance issue."
A spokesperson for Humberside Police said: "It was confiscated under section 165 of the Road Traffic Act. If it wasn't insured, officers have the right to take it." (28-12-23 GT)
Published on 28th December 2007 in News.
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