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CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Spector
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Dirt Bikes on City Streets
FOR the purpose of requesting the Police Commissioner, the Director of Recreation and Parks, and the Director of Transportation to present to the City Council a comprehensive report on the impact of illegal dirt bikes on the welfare, safety, and enjoyment of Baltimore City’s residential neighborhoods, parks, and transportation system; asking the Interim Health Commissioner to report on the impact to the health care system in terms of uncompensated care for injuries arising from incidents involving dirt bikes; and urging all parties to work with the Council to develop a comprehensive plan to address the persistent problem of illegal dirt bikes in Baltimore City.
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Since the beginning of this month, there have been 2 serious incidents involving dirt bikes on the streets of Baltimore – in the first, a Greenbelt man, riding a legal motorcycle, swerved to avoid hitting an illegal dirt bike rider with a toddler passenger, hit a light pole, and died from his injuries. Two days later the driver of a car was hospitalized after his vehicle was broadsided by a dirt bike, and the rider returned with his cohorts and beat the man so severely that he had to be taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center.
These were only the latest of many troubling incidents involving dir...
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