Motorbike rider cops $3,100 fine

Rider caught by Highway Patrol

A 19-year-old Summerland Point man riding an unregistered motorbike and not wearing a helmet has been fined more than $3,100.

At about 9am on Saturday, September 9, Tuggerah Lakes Highway Patrol officers were patrolling the Pacific Hwy, Lake Munmorah, when they saw a blue Yamaha GSX motorcycle travelling at 70km/h and being ridden by a male not wearing a helmet of any kind.

The rider, a 19-year-old man from Summerland Point, was stopped and produced a NSW heavy vehicle licence.

The motorcycle had been unregistered since December 2021.

The rider was subsequently issued $3,134 in infringements for not wearing an approved helmet, being unlicensed for class of vehicle; being unregistered and uninsured and using vehicle on road with tax unpaid.

Source:
Tuggerah Lakes Highway Patrol