Pembrokeshire police are reminding people about the law regarding mini motos.          

Mini motos are small scale models of various motorcycles and quads usually purchased by parents for their children.

However, be it a motorcycle or quad, which is mechanically propelled, it is classed in law as a motor vehicle and thus brings them under the same laws as any other motor vehicle.

This means these vehicles need to be registered, taxed, tested and insured if used on a road or in a public area.

However, if mini motos are not constructed to the approved standard, it is not possible to register, tax or insure them. These vehicles can never be used legally on the road.

PC Craig Morgan, of Pembrokeshire Roads Policing Unit, said: "Young people using mini motos and other similar vehicles are often the cause of complaints about anti-social behaviour. These vehicles are regularly used on footpaths and pavements which causes a danger to the most vulnerable members of society, they being young children and the elderly.

"We are urging parents to ensure that these vehicles are not used on the road or in any other public area.

"If anyone is caught using one of these vehicles in a public place, the vehicle will be seized and the rider prosecuted for the relevant offences, which will result in a fine and, in certain circumstances, penalty points on their driving licence."

Mini motos can be used on private land, but only with the land owner's permission; children should be supervised by an appropriate person at all times.