{"id":308920,"date":"2021-07-27T03:31:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T00:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-takes-175-illegal-motorbikes-off-the-road\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T03:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T00:31:27","slug":"nypd-takes-175-illegal-motorbikes-off-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-takes-175-illegal-motorbikes-off-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD takes 175 illegal motorbikes off the road"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYPD takes 175 illegal motorbikes off the road<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Cops swept up 175 dirt bikes and ATVs off Big App<\/a>le streets over the weekend, arresting dozens of riders and writing hundreds of summonses, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cATV\u2019s & dirt bikes are illegal & dangerous to use in NYC,\u201d Police Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted<\/a> Monday. \u201cUse it & lose it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shea announced in the tweet that 175 ATVs and dirt bikes were seized on July 24 and 25. <\/p>\n

Cops also arrested 30 riders and wrote summonses for 374 operators, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since April 20, 651 <\/em><\/strong>ATVs and dirt bikes have been taken away from their owners, police said. <\/p>\n

They were, however, unable to provide comparable data for prior years.<\/p>\n

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ATV\u2019s & dirt bikes are illegal & dangerous to use in NYC. Your local NYPD cops have been out there, stopping those who refuse to heed warnings & continue to put NYers at risk.<\/p>\n

175 more ATVs & bikes seized just this weekend.<\/p>\n

Use it & lose it. pic.twitter.com\/46HRJKhVfw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Commissioner Shea (@NYPDShea) July 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The crackdown comes in the wake of a hit-and-run that left a 4-year-old boy critically injured when a rider on what prosecutors said was a gas-powered \u201cscooter\u201d slammed into him in a Queens park last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo parent should have to endure such a senseless act,\u201d Kim Royster, the NYPD\u2019s chief of transportation, said at the time.<\/p>\n

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Dermot Shea said 175 ATVs and dirt bikes were taken on July 24 and 25. <\/figcaption>
Lev Radin\/Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Trinitarios gangbanger was charged and admitted to mowing down the kid with his scooter.<\/p>\n

The suspect was initially believed to have been driving an illegal motorbike at the time.\n <\/p><\/div>\n