A ban stopping boy racers from car cruising at a Netherfield retail park has been hailed as a success.
Police say they haven’t received a single complaint from the public about racing at Victoria Retail Park in the last 12 months since the injunction was introduced.
The order prevents drivers from racing, riding in convoy, driving at excessive speed and drifting (driving sideways around traffic islands) at the site. It was introduced after complaints from residents about car cruising meetings at the retail park which were attracting over 200 vehicles on Sunday nights.
Injunctions are also currently in force at Chilwell Retail Park and the area surrounding junction 27 of the M1.
Sergeant Simon Scales, from Nottinghamshire Police, said he was delighted by the impact the ban was having.
He said: “There have been no complaints from the public. These powers are working very well but it is still well worth reminding everyone these powers are in place to deter similar activity.”
Councillor Alice Grice, Vice-Chair of the Community Safety Committee at Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “People who behave and drive recklessly in these locations in the future should be left in no doubt they face the genuine possibility of a prison sentence if they continue to behave in a way which is dangerous, intimidating and distressing to local people and road users.”
This is continuing good news – but the term “boy-racers” is inappropriate, as they were of all ages. Anti-social would be better!
I don’t think it’s inappropriate Meredith. These idiots act like children so quite happy the story calls them ‘boys’.