South Yorkshire bikers face clampdown in safety drive

South Yorkshire Police are once again teaming up with the road safety charity Bike Safe to help build bridges with bikers and spread the road safety message.

But the force has expressed the desire to slash provisional casualty figures for 2011 which show that 26 motorcyclists were killed and 462 seriously injured and senior officers have indicated that a hard line approach will still be taken with bikers found to be breaking the law.

Humberside Police Deputy Chief Constable David Griffin, who is also Police national lead for motorcycling, said: “We urge riders in our region to help by riding in a safe and legal manner.

“We will not tolerate anti-social riding and the region’s police are working together with road safety partnerships to eradicate this problem.

“This small minority will be caught and may be diverted to education courses where possible.

“However, extreme riding is unacceptable. We will prosecute and dangerous riders will be targeted by officers from all forces across all borders.”

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