'Don't buy kids motos' POLICE: Parents urged to avoid nuisance bikes.Byline: Jane Tyler POLICE are warning parents in Birmingham not to buy their children mini motos for Christmas presents as they could end up being confiscated con·fis·cate tr.v. con·fis·cat·ed, con·fis·cat·ing, con·fis·cates 1. To seize (private property) for the public treasury. 2. To seize by or as if by authority. See Synonyms at appropriate. adj. and crushed. They say the vehicles are unsuitable for children and teenagers, cause a nuisance nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor's light) is one that affects one or a few persons, while a public nuisance (e.g. and, in most cases, are illegal. There has been a trend in recent years for youngsters to ride around parks and streets on the miniature engines. But this is always accompanied by complaints from pedestrians and residents saying they are dangerous, noisy and anti social. Now police in Quinton have joined forces with local councillors to try and get them off the streets once and for all. They have issued a stark warning: "There is nowhere in Quinton where the mini motos can be legally ridden." The motos, which cost between pounds 100 and pounds 200, need tax, insurance, a licence and MOT (OpenView Managed Object Toolkit) An OpenView toolkit from HP for developing network management applications based on CMIS. The toolkit contains library routines that handle the transmission and receipt of CMIS requests and responses. to be legally driven. But they cannot be used on the pavement, road or a public place. The only place they can be legally ridden is on private land - such as a large back garden or farmland - which are virtually non-existent across the city. And police say in most cases they are unroadworthy as they do not have lights, horns or a speedometer speedometer, instrument that indicates speed. A cable from an automotive speedometer is attached to the rear of the transmission of an automobile; the cable turns at a rate proportional to the speed of the car. and the brakes are often inadequate. Insp Derek Packham, from Quinton police, said: "This is the time of year when parents are thinking about what to buy for their children for Christmas and we are telling them - think twice about a mini moto. "There's nowhere in Quinton where you can legally ride them. If we receive reports they are being ridden on the roads or a park we have the power to confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as and crush crush A combination commodity trade in which soybean futures are purchased and soybean meal or oil futures are sold. Compare reverse crush. them and we will do so." Quinton councillor Jane James said they were getting more complaints about the bikes. "The noise they make is louder than a motorbike and the kids riding them in some cases can be dangerous and terrorise Verb 1. terrorise - coerce by violence or with threats terrorize coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for the streets," she said. CAPTION(S): Warning: Inspector Derek Packham outside Quinton Police Station with a crushed mini moto motorbike. Photo ref.: TR161009bike-4 |
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