Thursday, August 11, 2005
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News - SouthTyneside Today: Stop the "boy racers"
An important little piece in the Shields Gazette's website tonight emphasising the incessant problems being caused by the "boy racers" who congregate in the large car park opposite the Littlehaven Hotel. We have seen intents of action before from the police in Station Road, but the results appear to have been indifferent, to say the least!
It must be a thorn in the side for those people living in Harbour View and guests staying in the Littlehaven Hotel, but it is not just these few who are affected. Most of these boy racers enjoy nothing more than racing their tuned cars, (exhausts growling at maximum decibel level, with the stereo and "boom box" amplified to an even greater level,) from the roundabout at Seaburn and all the way along the coast road to South Shields. From here, most will turn around and repeat the journey at least twice, before gathering to swap notes in the car park.
Few of them will remember that the coast road used to have a 60 m.p.h. speed limit, and few will care that it has recently been reduced to 40 m.p.h. Their noise and anti-social behaviour are affecting thousands of people along this route, and they are a potential risk and danger to pedestrians.
Similar problems were experienced in Bishop Auckland last year, and Durham Constabulary decided to impart a rapid no nonsense "zero tolerance" approach, which resulted in a number of court appearances. Bishop Auckland does not rank as high as South Shields in the tourism stakes, and therefore had a little less to lose, whereas we are building a nice little reputation here and attracting a lot of spending visitors, who's custom we can ill afford to lose.
To make matters just a little worse the boy racers in town have even launched their own website to encourage others to join in!
I only hope it isn't too long before some of these are parked up outside the Magistrate's Court!
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An important little piece in the Shields Gazette's website tonight emphasising the incessant problems being caused by the "boy racers" who congregate in the large car park opposite the Littlehaven Hotel. We have seen intents of action before from the police in Station Road, but the results appear to have been indifferent, to say the least!
It must be a thorn in the side for those people living in Harbour View and guests staying in the Littlehaven Hotel, but it is not just these few who are affected. Most of these boy racers enjoy nothing more than racing their tuned cars, (exhausts growling at maximum decibel level, with the stereo and "boom box" amplified to an even greater level,) from the roundabout at Seaburn and all the way along the coast road to South Shields. From here, most will turn around and repeat the journey at least twice, before gathering to swap notes in the car park.
Few of them will remember that the coast road used to have a 60 m.p.h. speed limit, and few will care that it has recently been reduced to 40 m.p.h. Their noise and anti-social behaviour are affecting thousands of people along this route, and they are a potential risk and danger to pedestrians.
Similar problems were experienced in Bishop Auckland last year, and Durham Constabulary decided to impart a rapid no nonsense "zero tolerance" approach, which resulted in a number of court appearances. Bishop Auckland does not rank as high as South Shields in the tourism stakes, and therefore had a little less to lose, whereas we are building a nice little reputation here and attracting a lot of spending visitors, who's custom we can ill afford to lose.
To make matters just a little worse the boy racers in town have even launched their own website to encourage others to join in!
I only hope it isn't too long before some of these are parked up outside the Magistrate's Court!
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