Created: April 21, 2021 10:42 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) Police expressed hope for a proposed Monroe County law to crack down on illegal dirt bikes, mini bikes and ATVs on city streets.
The new law was introduced as an “urgent” proposal, meaning it could come up in April committee meetings as soon as next week. Hot dogging in a pack is… [it] usually ends bad[ly] to begin with,” sighed longtime biker Ron Bess who says he s witnessed and suffered horrific crashes, but that seeing crowds of young people on illegal bikes and ATVs on Rochester streets scares him. That s my nightmare,” Bess said, “to pull through an intersection and run over a 17-year-old kid.