Police crackdown on illegal dirt bike riding in Victoria

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Police have released dashcam vision of a group of illegal dirt bikers riding dangerously in Melbourne's west as they begin a crackdown on other rogue riders in the area.

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00:00 The footage captured on the police patrol car camera shows a group of 15 illegal dirt

00:07 bike riders swarming Williams Landing.

00:10 They can be seen taking over the streets and showing little regard for other road users.

00:16 At one point, one of the riders is arrested, but that doesn't stop the others in the group

00:20 from acting up.

00:21 They can be seen using their wheels to spray police and their police car with dirt and

00:26 rocks.

00:27 Police say the incident on July 29, it's lucky that it didn't end in tragedy.

00:32 Take a listen.

00:33 "Really confronting behaviour, really dangerous and not just for the police that were responding

00:38 but also other road users in the area and people who were moving about on the footpaths.

00:43 It really could have been quite a tragic outcome."

00:45 Now in a bid to stop future bad rider behaviour, police have received two new off-road police

00:51 motorbikes from Wyndham City Council and they say they'll use this to patrol the local bike

00:56 paths, streets and parklands.

00:59 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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