Bikers and other motorists are still ignoring the one-way system over the Mountain Road - despite all the signs and repeated warnings.

Two Austrian bikers, aged 56 and 54, appeared in court yesterday (Monday), charged with going against the flow of the traffic over the mountain.

They were fined a total of £625 and left the island soon afterwards of their own volition. The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday, and police had to close the road while officers went looking for the two men.

Two days earlier, at 8.30am on Friday, a motorcycle was seen going the wrong way over the mountain between Kate’s Cottage and Windy Corner.

The biker was dressed all in black and nearly caused a head-on collision. Police have yet to identify or locate the rider.

Within minutes of the Mountain Road going one-way for TT2019 on May 24, a car driver was stopped as they attempted to ignore the signs at the Creg-ny-Baa.

The driver, who is from Latvia, was fined £1,500 when they appeared in court on Wednesday.

That same day, police once again just managed to stop a car before it went the wrong way at the Creg.

A police spokesman said: ’There is no excuse for contravening the one-way system, no matter what time of day or night. It endangers everyone using the Mountain Road.

’Please remember that the one-way system is in place to keep everyone safe and the signage notifying riders and drivers of the one-way system and associated diversion is clearly marked using signage that is universal across Europe.’

The madness has not stopped with bikes and cars going, or attempt to go, against the flow of the one-way traffic over the mountain.

On Saturday, one biker was clocked doing 123mph in a 50mph zone through the Cronk-y-Voddy.

And yesterday afternoon, a drone was spotted operating in the area of Union Mills. It stopped flying before the police arrived.

’Not only is this illegal, it is dangerous as helicopters are operating,’ said a police spokesman.

Astonishingly, bikers have also been warned about posing for photographs on the closed road.

One group had their picture taken on the TT track at the Waterworks near Ramsey at 10am on Monday.

A police spokesman said: ’The bikes were not out at that time but other vehicles might be. Travelling marshals, course inspections, police and other services may be travelling on the roads.

’Needless to say actions such as getting photos on the track can lead to serious injuries or even deaths. Those found or identified as entering closed roads will be arrested and will have to appear before the courts. Is it worth the risk?’

There have been a number of serious collisions on open roads during this year’s TT.

A biker was airlifted to hospital on Sunday following a crash on the Mountain Mile, between Ramsey hairpin and the Bungalow.

Two riders were seriously injured in separate incidents on the mountain - one at Joey’s and one at Black Hut - on Tuesday last week.