protect our children

Thank you for reading this petion. Its to stop the use of motorbikes, moto bikes, quads and any other motorized vehicle in our local park where our children play. These bikers use the roads, footpaths and our park illegally without registration plates, helmets or have any insurance if they hit your property or family. They have no care for those around them.

The Police are powerless to stop the numpties from abusing our roads, paths and parks for their own use regardless who they hurt.

Only Sunday 18th May 2014 a lad of 11 was riding a motobike up the road, onto a path then into the local park where children play. It was a beautiful day and luckily not many children were in the park, but unfortunate for the rider, he lost control and hit the railings full throttle. :( The fact he is only a child himself proves that these bikes dont only hurt the pedestrians but the riders who dont have the training or knowledge to use them.

I myself have been to speak with Police and our local MP Liam Byrne, yet to hear back from Liam Byrne MP and the Police have told me theres many reasons they are powerless against these people, they include...

  • Not enough resources
  • Funding
  • No adequately trained officers to catch bikers
  • No off roading vehicles
  • and other excuses...

I had put to the Police and council that there should be barriers up in the park preventing the bike and quads access to what should be a safe place for children to play, but once again its the funding aspect of it all. Yet theres barriers up to prevent car thieves from dumping cars in the stream abit further down the road. Whats more important? A child, or a stolen car being dumped in a stream?

If we allow this to carry on then in our lifetime our area could end up like China where its mostly bikes and when they get stuck they use the footpath honking their horn for pedestrians to get out the way, lets put a stop to this mayhem.

I have dialled 999 on many occasions along with many other people to complain about how close the bikes and quads get to pedestrians, yet no police presence is here for us.

it is now time to make a stand together as a community to protect the park and PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

The park is located onLongmeadowcrescent, Shard end and im sure you yourself have had a run in with these bikes and/or quads as i have heard loads from those who take their children to the local school about how close theyve been to getting run over or even running the biker over themselves as they dart out of one road to get to the other!

They know police wont give chase, they know its not worth getting a police helicopter out for them so they taunt the police and use the park as an escape route from one end to another. They have even used the maze of the matchboxes to escape capture by the police.

Please SHARE this link with everyone you know, if you know anyone in Shard end or the surrounding areas send it to them.

Ask that they sign the petiton and share too.

A minute of your time to save a life of another, young or old, pedestrian or road user, someone else or yourself.

 

This petition is to...

  1. Crack down on these illegal motorbikes, moto bikes, quads and any other vehicle used inproperly.
  2. Put barriers up preventing bikers and quads from accessing the park.
  3. More Policing and knowledge where these bikers use.
  4. A safe place for the quads and bikers to use where it is safe for them and not on our streets.
  5. Get the Police, Government and local authorities to understand hers a problem and deal with it.
  6. Get the funding needed for our area.

Please note this is not an attack on the police but against the illegal bikes and quads.

I understand that the police are bound by health and safety to the public and themselves.