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A\ufeff teenage boy has been charged for allegedly fashioning a BMX into a homemade 1000-watt motorbike in Queensland. (Queensland Police)<\/p>\nA\ufeff teenage boy has been charged after allegedly riding a BMX that had been turned into a homemade 1000-watt motorbike in Queensland.<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old was on the allegedly dodgy bike when he was stopped by police in Gympie on July 15.<\/p>\n
Police alleged the motorbike was made by modifying a BMX bike frame to take out the pedals and adding electric motors controlled by a throttle.<\/p>\n
A\ufeff teenage boy has been charged for allegedly fashioning a BMX into a homemade 1000-watt motorbike in Queensland. (Queensland Police)<\/p>\n
Each motor was allegedly capable of more than 1000 watts.<\/p>\n
E-bikes can only be used on the roads if the pedals are the main source of power and the motor is 250 watts or under.<\/p>\n
“The modifications made to the bike intercepted in Gympie have resulted in the bike being recognised as a motorbike without indicators, lights, reflectors, bell or brakes,” Wide Bay Burnett District Inspector Shane Draper said.<\/p>\n
“As this is considered a motorbike, the vehicle required registration and insurance, and the boy required a drivers licence.”<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old was charged with \ufeffone count each of driving of motor vehicle without a driver’s licence, vehicles used on roads must be registered and driving an uninsured vehicle.<\/p>\n
He will appear in \ufeffGympie Children’s Court on August 14.<\/p>\n
\ufeffPolice are trying to crack down on illegal e-bike and motorbike use in the area.<\/p>\n
Draper urged residents to report any incidents to police.<\/p>\n
“A powerful bike in the hands of an unlicenced and inexperienced driver is extremely dangerous to not only the rider, but also the other road users,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Beyond enforcement, police are committed to educating the community about the dos and don’ts regarding e-bikes to ensure they’re empowered to make smart decisions on the road.<\/p>\n
“I especially urge parents to be familiar with the regulations and road rules regarding e-bikes and to work with their child to understand and respect those rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A\ufeff teenage boy has been charged after allegedly riding a BMX that had been turned into a homemade…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-118446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114971114758142452","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}