Police vow crackdown on �outlaw� motorbike gangs

Riders forum PIC. Kagiso Onkatswitse
Riders forum PIC. Kagiso Onkatswitse

Police have sternly warned, and vowed to crush lawless motorbike gangs, as data points to rising accidents and fatalities involving the increasingly popular social groups.

The intervention comes after several high profile accidents involving bikers, as well as data showing that the majority of accidents involved male riders aged between 26 and 30 years.

Registered and unregistered bike groups have become commonplace across the country, with bikers brought together by a love of riding, travel and socialising. However, members of the broader society view the groups as reckless on the road and fuelled by the abuse of illicit drugs and alcohol.

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