The Need For Speed A Growing Problem

Alabama State Troopers say the need for speed is a growing problem. Troopers made a major bust Sunday on the I-10 Bayway. 12 motorcyclists were arrested after authorities say they were clocked doing more than 140 miles an hour on I-10 West. A road block was set up on the Bayway and the motorcyclists were taken to the Baldwin County Jail while their bikes were hauled away. State Trooper spokesman, Cpl. Joe Piggott, says high performance bikes at high speeds are nothing new but they're seeing more of it, "we receive calls on a fairly regular basis on those sport bikes. They lend themselves to speed. They're designed for speed, there again its not unlike a high performance car, you know, its not illegal to have them but obviously its illegal to put them on the highway and then drive it in a reckless manner," said Piggott. One of the bikers arrested Sunday told us they're part of a motorcycle club called the Pacesetters and they were on their way to a charity event in Mobile. We called the Pacesetter chapters in Mobile and Pensacola Monday but neither wanted to make a comment.