Officals say ‘Boy racers’ who disturbed local residents by racing round car parks in the middle of the night have been driven off by an injuction.
The order, brought in in January 2015, means people are banned from ‘car cruising’ until 2018 at three hotspots.
One year on from the start of the crackdown, police and council officers say there have been no reports of incidents at the locations for six months.
In June last year, officers stopped 50 drivers. Some given warnings and told they would face charges if they breached the injunction.
Bans are in force at:
- Chilwell Retail Park
- Victoria Retail Park
- Areas surrounding junction 27 of the M1
Cllr Alice Grice, of Nottinghamshire County Council said: “We are very pleased that the injunction order is working well to deter car cruising which is not only anti-social for nearby residents and businesses but also dangerous for those taking part and other road-users. The injunction order provides significant, extra powers to the police to curb the ‘boy racers’.”
She added the order is due to expire in January 2018, but the authority is already planning to apply to court to extend it beyond that date.
