Police seize moped from unlicensed Derbyshire rider – who was heading onto M1 with no helmet

Officers seized a moped in Derbyshire yesterday – as its unlicensed rider attempted to get onto the M1 without a helmet.
By Tom Hardwick
Published 31st Jul 2022, 14:50 GMT
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On Saturday, July 31, the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit stopped a moped rider at Doe Lea.

He had travelled to buy a new moped and had forgot to bring a helmet with him – with the DRPU tweeting that, instead of buying one locally, he had “decided to risk it.”

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Officers caught him just as he was about to drive onto the M1 – and discovered that he also had no insurance or licence. The rider’s moped was subsequently seized.