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Bike riders, and motorists, running amok in Byron

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Where has Derek Wright been? I’ve visited Byron Bay four times in recent years and all I see are people on bikes doing whatever they please.

Riding on footpaths at speed, riding at night without lights, no helmets, wrong side of the road, no helmets – the list goes on.

Engage your police, they need to be pro active in keeping the town safe.

You live there, take a stand.

Stephen Fitzgerald, Adelaide 



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