Senior garda warns of crackdown on Christmas scrambler bikes

Senior Garda warns parents they may be prosecuted for purchasing scramblers or quads for under-16s

A garda warned that the ‘dangers’ scramblers and quad bikes pose ‘means they are not suitable for children’. Picture: Press 22

A garda who oversaw a major crackdown on scrambler motorbikes in his area has warned parents against buying the vehicles for children for Christmas.

Superintendent Declan O’Sullivan, of Mayfield Garda Station in Cork, said scramblers or quad bikes are completely inappropriate gifts for children and can pose serious dangers in the hands of young people.