A KIDDERMINSTER man has been banned from driving after he rode an off-road motorbike without due care and attention.
Clayton Dixon, 20, of Doverdale Avenue, appeared before Kidderminster Magistrates Court last Friday.
He was convicted of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or in a public place without due care and attention. And he was found guilty of using a motor vehicle on a road or public place without third party insurance.
Dixon was disqualified from driving for six months under the totting up process after being given six points. This followed previous convictions on June 9 where his licence was endorsed with nine points after an incident last November.
Last Friday’s sentencing also saw Dixon fined £120 and ordered to pay £100 costs and a victim surcharge of £48.
The incident happened around 4pm on August 8 last year when officers on patrol in a marked car saw Dixon on Amblecote Road in Kidderminster on an off-road pit-type motorbike. The bike was heading straight towards them and he immediately hit the brakes, causing the rear wheel to skid.
He then turned around and rode on the pavement, pulling wheelies for a few seconds before re-entering the road.
And he then rode straight behind a reversing van, narrowly missing it and making off from the police.
Immediately after Dixon rode past officers, a young child appeared from a driveway with an adult, further adding to officers’ concerns over his manner of driving though, thankfully, no-one was injured.
Dixon was identified by officers before being voluntarily interviewed and later charged.
‘Repeat offender’
PC Ryan Bridgewood, of Kidderminster Police Safer Neighbourhood Team welcomed the ban for Dixon.
He he said was a ‘repeat offender for using an off-road bike on the town’s roads’.
“On this occasion he drove without due care and attention which put other road users and the public at risk.
“We are aware of concerns over off-road motorbikes causing a nuisance so we hope this result shows we will arrest and prosecute those responsible where appropriate.”
