NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Officials seized over 175 dirt bikes and ATVs over the weekend in addition to arresting dozens of riders and issuing hundreds of summonses, according to police.
“ATV’s & 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,” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea wrote on Twitter.
“Use it & lose it,” he added.
According to Shea, the ATVs and dirt bikes were seized on July 24 and 25.
Authorities also arrested 30 riders and wrote summonses for 374 operators.
The crackdown follows a dirt bike hit-and-run in Queens last week, in which a 4-year old boy was critically injured.