Barriers stop Wellington’s ‘boy racers’
Tuesday 19th October 2010, 8:22AM BST.
Boy racers have been stopped from using a Telford car park as a “stunt arena” and “race track” after barriers were put up.
Residents living near Morrisons in Wellington said their lives were being plagued by young drivers meeting at the supermarket car park to show off their vehicles and perform stunts.
Police and supermarket bosses teamed up to try and get barriers put in place to stop anybody driving on to the car park after the shop closed.
Sergeant Russ Yeomans, of Wellington police, said the barriers had already seemed to make a difference.
He said: “The barriers are in place which means nobody can get on to the car park outside store opening hours.
“We are certainly not getting the complaints we were.
“They have been up for a couple of weeks and we have not had a complaint as yet so hopefully they have done the job.”
Residents living at the back of the store reported “boy racers” wheel-spinning and racing around the car park late at night.
Police said something had to be done before someone was seriously injured.
Store general managerMark Dowell said the community was very important to them and he wanted to do all he could to ensure their neighbours enjoyed a peaceful life.
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This is to be welcomed, however, it will just push the problem on elsewhere. eg. Aldi carpark in Wellington for some reason is no longer chained off at night and even closer to a large residential area
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We have had to put up with them driving at people and harrassing the elderly and disabled for yrs at the Tesco car park yet nobody ever bothered before, obviously those who live in Wellington have more priority. Why are these louts not being arrested for loitering and causing a breach of the peace?
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No, it is because whn Morrisions was told about a problem, they acted.
Don’t blame Wellington for that!
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Lewis Hamilton did a similar thing in Australia, and had his car impounded.
Hello West Mercia Constabulary, does that give you any ideas?.
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He performed a burnout in a controlled way in a very expensive and sage high performance behicle. Unfortunately it was on a public road so he was punished for it.
It was hardly comparable to the sadly abused and poorly modified Euro hatchbacks these kids have.
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