By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
A motorcycle club has warned Lal Lal riders of a dangerous discovery, that could have injured or even killed riders if it wasn\u2019t spotted.<\/p>\n
Three riders from the Ballarat Rovers Motorcycle Club were riding their dirt bikes in Lal Lal a fortnight ago, when they came across a wire stretched from one tree to another over the bike track.<\/p>\n
Rovers President Sue Freeman said it wasn\u2019t the first time someone had set such a dangerous trap for riders, and urged whoever was setting them up to think about their actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was spotted by three guys riding out in Lal Lal Forest near Dolly\u2019s Creek. If you say to someone that you\u2019re going to be riding out Lal Lal, that\u2019s where they mean, the Dolly\u2019s Creek area. They were lucky to see it, if they hadn\u2019t seen it, one of them would be dead,\u201d Ms Freeman told the Moorabool News. <\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, we did have a member in our club about 20 years ago who passed away from a very similar incident. These people that are doing this thing, they just don\u2019t get it. It\u2019s just crazy, it\u2019s so dangerous. That\u2019s a potential of three lives being lost on that day, just from doing something they enjoy, perfectly legally…you shouldn\u2019t have to be worrying about wires across tracks.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s not just affecting motorcycle riders, it\u2019s also dangerous for horse riders and pushbike riders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, similar incidents have happened for \u201cmany years\u201d, Ms Freeman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese three guys were lucky enough to see it, took a photo, and put it on social media. It\u2019s not just wires, some of these people go and put tree logs over the track and stuff like that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
If you come across wires across tracks or any other dangerous obstacles, you can report them to The Conservation Regulator on 136 186.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis A motorcycle club has warned Lal Lal riders of a dangerous discovery, that could have injured or even killed riders if it wasn\u2019t spotted. Three riders from the Ballarat Rovers Motorcycle Club were riding their dirt bikes in Lal Lal a fortnight ago, when they came across a wire stretched from one […]<\/p>\n