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the western Thursday, March 27, 2025
The Voice of Penrith
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Special Nepean Disability Expo feature inside
See Pages 57-64
DECADE OF DEDICATION On the 10-year anniversary of becoming the State Member for Londonderry, Deputy Premier Prue Car sits down with Troy Dodds for an open and honest conversation. See Pages 2-3.
Prue Car. Photo: Melinda Jane.
HOW DIRT BIKES HAVE BECOME SCOURGE ON OUR COMMUNITY
DIRT BIKE TERRORS
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nlicensed, unregistered, and unwanted on our roads, teenagers have been terrorising motorists and pedestrians from the narrow seats of their recklessly driven dirt bikes. Locals feel like it’s a ticking time bomb before someone is killed – or before vigilantes take matters into their own hands. In a special report, the Weekender has spoken to countless local residents and business owners who all say the same thing: dirt bikes have become a scourge on our community. The Weekender was inundated with
responses when we asked for people’s experiences with dirt bike riders last week. Nepean Regional Security’s Gina Field said the dirt bike saga has been going for a long time. “We’ve had all of our front lawn ripped up at our office area in North Penrith, mud spewed all over our employees’ vehicles, and our patrol officer has been stopped at the lights with trail bike riders terrorising from the front and back of the vehicle,” Field stated. Local residents have described near misses on roads, and being driven out of their homes by the dirt bike “epidemic”. Full story on » p. 16-17
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