Police in Edinburgh are issuing safety advice to warn of the danger of driving motorcycles off road and without helmets, following a number of reports in the south of the city over the last couple of months.
Inspector Euan Smith, based at Howdenhall Police Station, said: “Driving off road and without helmets is not only dangerous for those on the bike, who may be inexperienced in handling a high powered motorbike, and don’t have the relevant training, but also puts members of the public in harms way.
“Police Scotland continues to place a strong focus on motorcycle crime across the city, and we are taking action whenever we receive a report of a crime. We are committed to tackling this dangerous activity but we need the community to come forward and give us this information.
We are appealing for members of the public to phone in with the name of those responsible via 101 or Crimestoppers
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
