Following complaints from local residents about antisocial behaviour and dangerous riding of E-Bikes in the Fountainpark and Dalry areas, police officers carried out high visibility patrols this week.
During this Initiative a large number of riders were stopped and spoken to.
A total of 10 bikes were seized for road traffic offences – no insurance, licence or crash helmets as well as red light offences.
The riders have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Please be aware that if you own or ride an E-Bike that has a throttle it might be classed as a motor vehicle and you therefore need a licence, insurance and crash helmet.”
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.
