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Aug 2023
North Yorkshire Police pledge bank holiday blitz on motorbikes
Motorcyclists in North Yorkshire will be targeted this bank holiday weekend as part of a police operation.
North Yorkshire Police will use a H2 Kawasaki Ninja unmarked motorbike equipped with cameras to gather evidence for prosecutions.
It will also deploy several marked and unmarked police bikes and cars and speed camera vans on key routes across the county.
The force said the "engagement and enforcement" was part of a National Police Chiefs' Council operation on motorcycle safety this weekend.
It said the main priority was to reduce the number of road casualties.
Motorcyclists represent almost a quarter of fatal or serious injury collisions in the UK, despite making up three per cent of vehicles on the roads.
Many bikers take to the county's vast road network for days out over the bank holiday.
Superintendent Alex Butterfield said:
North Yorkshire released this video about the weekend campaign.
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