Riccione, clandestine races with 50 motorbikes: 100 boys stopped and 14 vehicles seized
A huge clandestine race between kids aboard 50 souped-up scooters has been discovered in the industrial area of Riccione. 14 vehicles were seized for having modified the vehicle, the minors were entrusted to their parents and fined.
Riccione (Rimini), clandestine races with 50 motorbikes: 100 young people arrested and 14 vehicles seized
Friday July 19 2024, the Riccione Traffic Police has sI provide an important service to stem the phenomenon of illegal racing organized by young drivers of motorcycles and mopeds in the industrial area of Riccione.
With the precious informative and operational contribution of the Riccione Commands of the Carabinieri and the Local Police detailed information on the progress of the competitions was acquired in advance that, on several evenings, they had been filmed and photographed to allow better planning of the service.
The extraordinary preventive territory control service and combating dangerous driving behaviour was planned With the purpose of do not create any disturbance that could lead to the escape of the participants e endanger people, which for the most of them were minors, precisely to avoid the occurrence of any accidents.
A closure was immediately set up with service cars on the roads adjacent to the "race" area, so from dissuade the intent to prove possible escapes of people (for the purposes of safety of those present), while other personnel, during performances, intervened within the area to check the vehicles and identify the people.
They are therefore, around a hundred people were identified, including participants and spectators, and around fifty two-wheeled vehicles. Of these, 14 mopeds were immediately subjected to administrative seizure, for confiscation purposes, ed administrative fines were imposed on the owners.
Technical personnel intervened on site (regularly registered with the Chamber of Commerce for all operations similar and connected to the verification of the regularity of vehicles) to which, considering the multitude of vehicles and people present, a was delegated preliminary technical assessment aimed at highlighting construction alterations capable of increasing the speed of mopeds and motor vehicles.
Having obtained preliminary feedback from the technical staff, is highlighted construction alterations of all kinds (oversized pistons, modified gear ratios, altered control units and oversized initiation and fuel system as well as the lack of all safety systems such as rear-view mirrors, warning lights, footrests and on-board instrumentation) the vehicles were administratively seizedi (art. 13 L. 689/89) with simultaneous withdrawal of the registration document and entrustment of the vehicle to be sent for extraordinary inspection.
The danger of such alterations in vehicles becomes even more evident if we consider is the means considered increased in performance have nevertheless maintained the safety systems (braking system) original, Then no longer able to allow the movement to be stopped within the foreseen stopping spaces from the art. 80 Highway Code, given the increase in power and consequently a greater speed.
The seized vehicles will be used for inspection and technical testing to ascertain in detail all the technical alterations, including checking the rollers, with subsequent technical report to establish the speed/power that can be delivered by the modified vehicle.
Relatively to minor drivers, although it is a matter of scope administrative procedure, the parents were notified to whom, upon arriving on site, their children were entrusted.
It is important to point out the absolute synergy between the different Police Forcesto those who attended allowed the implementation of the service in maximum safety for the staff themselves and for the people participating in the event.
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