Received this from trent fm and I shall be giving feedback to them tomorrow for a radio interview.

So please can you make comment on this:

?Boy racers? have been banned from Nottinghamshire in what is believed to be the first countywide injunction of its kind in the country.

Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottinghamshire Police have worked in partnership to obtain an injunction that prevents ?five or more motor vehicles from congregating together, driving in convoy or racing each other on the highway who by their conduct make excessive noise, cause danger to road users or risk injury or risk damage to property?.

The Order was made by the Nottingham County Court today. It will remain in place for 24 months, and may then be reviewed by the County Court.

The County Council and police decided to take action after hundreds of complaints from residents who have suffered the noise and anti social behaviour from ?boy racers? or ?cruisers? in a number of areas of Nottinghamshire.

In recent months, the A611 between junction 27 of the M1 and Hucknall has been a particular magnet for young people racing cars on a Sunday evening. Up to 500 other cars have also been filmed by police congregating on grass verges and central reservations in the area to watch the racing.

Residents in Mansfield have also put up with the problem from Thursday to Sunday evenings for many years with cars racing around the Mansfield ?circuit? along Quaker Way, St Johns Street, Clumber Street, Toothill Lane, Midworth Street, Albert Street and back onto Quaker Way. A number of measures have been taken to try and target the problem here, including changing the road layout and issuing dispersal orders, but these haven?t tackled the issue permanently.

A countywide injunction will give the police powers to serve the Order on anyone who is in breach of the terms of the Order anywhere in the county, with a maximum penalty of two years in prison and/or a fine. In the case of persistent offenders, the judge hearing the case may consider attaching a power of arrest to the Order.

A similar injunction was introduced in Nottingham City in October last year, which has dramatically reduced the problem. This latest injunction is believed to be the first in the UK that covers an entire county.

Councillor Glynn Gilfoyle, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Partnerships, said: ?Many people involved in the cruising scene are decent people, but their activities can create noise, nuisance and fear for our local residents. As well as the anti social behaviour impacts, racing around Nottinghamshire streets can also put the lives of the drivers and other road users in danger.

?We are delighted to be awarded this landmark injunction, which we believe will tackle the problem in the whole of Nottinghamshire, as it already has in the City area. We have worked very closely with the police and could not have achieved this without their valuable support.?

Inspector Sean Konsek from Nottinghamshire Police said: "To date Nottinghamshire Police have had to divert valuable resources into policing the gathering of 'boy racers' and cruisers. This has been in response, not only to massive complaints being made by members of the public, but also because a number of these 'boy racers? have been involved in driving in a very dangerous and reckless manner.

?Nottinghamshire Police believe that this selfish and aggressive style of driving poses a very significant risk to other road users, as well as the racers themselves. We very much hope that this injunction will put a stop once and for all to this type of activity.?

Sergeant James Oliver from Nottinghamshire Police said: "I have been the Mansfield Town Centre sergeant now for two years and the main complaint I receive relates to ?boy racers?. I don?t only get complaints from Mansfield residents, but also from visitors and businesses who are affected.

?Mansfield people have put up with the problem of noise, disruption and dangerous driving for long enough. They have been asking the police and their local authority to do something and now as a partnership we have.

?There is a small element of 'cruisers' who do actually just want to show off their cars to others, but this unfortunately has been ruined by the majority who have plagued our town with their poor driving standards and excessive noise. I hope this injunction will help us deliver our promise to those affected that we would tackle this problem.?

Many thanks,
Your Car enthusiast community spokesperson - CHRIS HALL


***Please can somebody copy this post on to CN and copy the replies to this thread as I am still banned.***

what a load of bollox it'll never work

In some respects I think it is a good idea, HOWEVER, its gonna cause complications for the genuine car enthusiasts that behave and go to shows in convoys, infact its gonna cause MASSIVE problems. I think its a bit over the top to say the least. I am very interested to find out how they are going to handle it when a convoy of 20 cars are going down the road (the next one being very soon i'm sure)

What do they intend to do, get in front and stop the whole convoy? That will be more dangerous than anything and a total waste of police resources.

I think they really do need to re address this "route of action" and concentrate on the actual idiots that mess about and ruin it for the rest of us..

I will give Sgt Oliver a call in the morning as I have been speakin to him recently, he was supposed to be calling me back if anything like this was being put in place.

There is no way that I or any other of our events team are stopping running convoys to shows, its just not fair (i may be speaking on behalf of the events team) correct me if im wrong guys but I hope that this aint gonna stop you running convoys (i certainly aint gonna let something like this get in the way of our show procedures)

Lets see what happens eh ?

Not what I wanted to read at all !!!!!

here we go again more legal problems stopping the more sensible enthusiasts enjoying there pride and joy. dont you just hate the 1's who ruin it for everyone else......

LIKE SCREECH SAID!LOAD OF BOLLOX THEN AGAIN YA CANT SAY THAT ON A RADIO INTERVIEW,HOWS ABOUT- WHAT A LOAD OF POOH!

well it had to be nottingham didnt it, what is it with the county council and police aroudn this area,

they should deffinatly go out to get all the dangerous drivers i have to say, but banning convoys and 5 cars together??

Instead of filming all these dangerous drivers to use for this case, could they not have actuallt caught the drivers and banned them from driving.

The problem also lies with whats given out for dangerous driving, often it is just points and penalty, if the driving is dangerous enough then just ban them, points isnt gonna stop a person from dangerous driving but to stop then driving will do.

i for one would have prefer the police to talk to us to get our views on stopping the trouble makers instead of making it hardfor us all.

if your in a convoy - of more than 5 cars..not causing any nusaince, cars road leagal tax'd tested and insured..you can still be done? Pathetic..

Teddy go tell them to catch some real criminals and stop wasting time with easy money and soft targets.

And Dave...You will still see me at the front of a convoy be it 2 cars or 60!

you can get round the convoy rule by traveling in packets of five, a similar way the army works! it would be a headach to police, and can you imagine the paper work they will have to fill out!!

Copied and pasted to CN site as requested matey

Some replies


RICK


Was only a matter of time until they made it more wide spread.



CorsaSi Jay


Good luck enforcing it.

Try proving that 6 cars are cruising/convoying and dont just happen to be going to the same place (MFN, the Peackock etc...)





Intense



Hiya mate, just to let you know, i have contacted Vernon Coaker about this, he was very good about it and put it forward to notts county council. Basically they said that it was only likely if you are doing stupid things, EG Burnouts, drifting on public streets etc.
I can upload the full letters i recieved if you wish?

THUG

well no shocker there....

bit raw though max 2 yrs in clink when ppl stab ppl and get less, just for driving your car


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e46_m3


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A similar injunction was introduced in Nottingham City in October last year, which has dramatically reduced the problem.


What a load of fucking bollocks - there was no problem in the city centre when they imposed the first one last year hence why it made absolutely no bloody difference to anyone in real terms!

Talk about driving a wedge between the police and anyone interested in cars Its like 1930's Nazi Germany all over again!


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piman2k


Lol, that's MFN fucked then.

Countywide injunction, we'll see how they enforce it lol


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e46_m3


Also how do they propose to enforce it? If, as they claim, 500 cars turn up in certain places on a Sunday night how exactly do they plan to enforce the ruling? How many coppers would it take to do that especially if people decided not to comply? There arent enough coppers in Nottinghamshire to even come close to being able to disperse that number of people - time for people to stand up, be strong and be counted..............


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whens the radio interview teddy?

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2moro about 4pm I am expecting a phonecall back from trent FM.

Thanks for posting it across boothy if it was you or thanks to who ever it was.

Just trying to sign up to CN again as it looks like I need to see what people have been doing from that way.

i was expecting that to be honest lol but I did mean time and when it would be on radio to listen too which im sure alot of other people would be interested to listen to

So like, what happens if more than five cars are parked in a car park in Mansfield "congregating" as per most nights at Odeon/McD's?

2 years in Prison mate