Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 31, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2winnipeg free press monday july 31, 2006 Canadian press archives some consider noisy pocket bikes potentially dangerous. Toronto urges crackdown Jim Mcknight / associated press Ozzie Smith left and Johnny Bench right help induct Bruce Sutter into baseball Hall of Fame. C12 on noisy pocket bikes by Allison Jones t Oronto ? they re noisy pint sized and potentially dangerous ? and police across Ontario could soon be handing Down stiffer penalties to those who ride so called pocket bikes on City streets and sidewalks if the provinces largest municipality gets its Way. The loud lightweight motorcycles also known As mini Motos Are about one third of a Standard size Bike and an increasingly common sight on the streets of the big City where municipal leaders Are growing concerned about the potential dangers they pose. In the coming weeks Ontario a ministry of transportation will receive a motion passed unanimously last week by Toron to City Council asking it to Amend the Highway traffic act in order to crack Down on pocket Bike riders. Under the act its already illegal to ride on Public roads because the size of the Bike makes it difficult for other motorists to see. Currently police can Levy a $105 Fine against a person who rides a pocket Bike on the Street for not having a permit or plates. Toronto City Council wants the province to give police across the province the Power to not Only confiscate the Bike but also impound it. This is a Law that in a sense protects people from their own stupidity said Toronto City coun. Glenn de Baer Maeker a vocal Backer of the motion. It will be a huge deterrent. It would be cheaper for them to buy a new Bike than to get it out of the impound the Type of pocket bikes zipping Down the Street weigh Between 14 and 25 kilograms stand less than 50 centimetres tall and Cost just a few Hundred dollars. Some can reach a top Speed upwards of 50 Kilometres an hour. Lee Kuhn who operates Lar pocket bikes in Smithville ont., said pocket bikes have actually been around for 20 years. The recent pocket Bike proliferation is because Over the past few years chinese manufacturers have been making less expensive versions of european models which traditionally retailed for several thousand dollars Kuhn said. In the first three years his shop has sold 10,000 bikes mostly to distributors. We Haven to sold any for about six months because we saw what was happening. We just did to want to be a part of it of them being out on the Lar now Sells about 100 of the More expensive european pocket bikes ? designed exclusively for the race track ? each year As Well As other motorized bikes. He said he supports the City a motion because the bikes were never designed to be Ridden on the Street or the sidewalk. ? Canadian press Pany is showing Early signs of paying off. / b7 sports reputation rising after the bombers shut out the Tiger cats 29-0 on Friday Hamil ton fans might Well want Blue defensive coordinator Greg Marshall to replace the fired Greg Marshall As their next head coach. / c3 Yankees Phillies Deal desperate for pitching and a productive Bat the new York Yankees acquired All Star right fielder Bobby Abreu and starting Pitcher Cory Lidle from Philadel phia yesterday for four minor league prospects. / c5 Tomlinson Nee $10 each. 105,228 winners in of privacy deaths Kenned Laura Kathleen. 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