Fed-up residents in Northcroft Lane are hoping West Berkshire Council will back their campaign to rid their area of boy racers.
Thirty residents have asked the council to install a gate to the pay and display car park next to the cricket pitch, CCTV in the car park, and a 20mph speed limit.
Residents complained about loud music, wheel spinning and fast driving along the normally quiet lane, but the council says there have been no accidents for more than two years.
‘Boy racers’ were a regular sight in Park Way until the area was cordoned off for redevelopment. Police had previously issued a dispersal order, and it’s thought this moved the problem to Northcroft.
West Berkshire Council will make a decision on Thursday.
This is not just a problem in Northcroft Lane but right across Newbury. What we need is the police to act and deal with this problem immediately. Has anybody thought of videoing it?
Dispersal orders only move the problem to somewhere else, it doesn't solve it. Which is what the policing should be trying to do.
I had to go up the late night chemist (Boots) a few weeks ago. I could not believe the amount of noise from across the car park, of cars revving their nuts off certainly with illegal exhausts, intermingled with boom box music as they attempted to outdo each other. At one stage the car with the noisiest exhaust who no doubt was the winner of the 'I'm the noisiest young driver in Newbury' competition hurled himself up and down the car park in lowest gear and highest revs for the benefit of the other numb nuts.
Policing this sort of anti social problem must be a chore that TVP know they can't win. They, the noisy young drivers, haven't really commited a crime so all they can do, as far as I can tell, is move them on. The only way to reduce the noise pollution of these 1100 Peugeots and citroens is that they are pulled by the police on the road and their insurance cancelled because of unauthorised modifications to the car, especially oversized exhausts.
The scooter owners that remove the baffles from their exhausts could also do with a tug. The one, in particular, who starts out at full revs somewhere on Turnpike, down Kiln Road and round the Walton Rd estate, still on full revs and usually quite late at night.
Thirty residents have asked the council to install a gate to the pay and display car park next to the cricket pitch, CCTV in the car park, and a 20mph speed limit.
West Berkshire Council will make a decision on Thursday.
Who is going to pay for this. Yes, that's right, all the ratepayers in the WBC catchment.
The solution would be for the thirty residents to put their hands in their pockets and fund a gate and take it in turns to lock and unlock it at start and end of day.
......They, the noisy young drivers, haven't really commited a crime so all they can do, as far as I can tell, is move them on.......
But they have committed an offence! One against what all Police Constables are charged with keeping - the Queen's peace! No reason why the Police, all of whom will have taken the oath, can't get them in front of the Magistrates to try the question.
Policing this sort of anti social problem must be a chore that TVP know they can't win. They, the noisy young drivers, haven't really commited a crime so all they can do, as far as I can tell, is move them on. The only way to reduce the noise pollution of these 1100 Peugeots and citroens is that they are pulled by the police on the road and their insurance cancelled because of unauthorised modifications to the car, especially oversized exhausts.
The scooter owners that remove the baffles from their exhausts could also do with a tug.
This applies just as much to the majority of motorcyclists as it does to cars and scooters.
It's very interesting to see all these repercussions from Park Way. When the boy racers were there, with no one living nearby, they police issued a dispersal order. Now they've moved on to Northcroft, we find a dispersal order is not enough, no.....we need some fancy gates.
It's a real shame, as Northcroft ward is a net contributor to the giant pot of developers' cash stolen by WBC. All those millions and all we got was a new Monkey bridge which no one asked for.
I wonder if Brewmaster lives close to the A339 from Burger King up to the top of the hill by the retail park. This bit of road seems to invite full throttle from all and sundry. The test is to clock the speed as the vehicle, car or motorbike, passes under the footbridge. Modern bikes are very noisy at this sort of acceleration.
My 2.8Td can reach 48 mph at the marker point with pedal to the floor.
I had to go up the late night chemist (Boots) a few weeks ago. I could not believe the amount of noise from across the car park, of cars revving their nuts off certainly with illegal exhausts, intermingled with boom box music as they attempted to outdo each other. At one stage the car with the noisiest exhaust who no doubt was the winner of the 'I'm the noisiest young driver in Newbury' competition hurled himself up and down the car park in lowest gear and highest revs for the benefit of the other numb nuts.
Policing this sort of anti social problem must be a chore that TVP know they can't win. They, the noisy young drivers, haven't really commited a crime so all they can do, as far as I can tell, is move them on. The only way to reduce the noise pollution of these 1100 Peugeots and citroens is that they are pulled by the police on the road and their insurance cancelled because of unauthorised modifications to the car, especially oversized exhausts.
The scooter owners that remove the baffles from their exhausts could also do with a tug. The one, in particular, who starts out at full revs somewhere on Turnpike, down Kiln Road and round the Walton Rd estate, still on full revs and usually quite late at night.
I don't recall all the houses in Park Terrace or Park Lane being empty.
Perhaps your knowledge of Newbury geography isn't as good as you'd like to think, hence these silly outbursts from you?
I had thought of that, but my main point is still that dispersal orders are fine for the residents of Park Terrace, but not for Northcroft Lane? Either they work or they don't. If they don't (as we've seen at the retail park), the police should stop promoting them as a solution.
I had thought of that, but my main point is still that dispersal orders are fine for the residents of Park Terrace, but not for Northcroft Lane? Either they work or they don't. If they don't (as we've seen at the retail park), the police should stop promoting them as a solution.
I agree, it's only moving the problem on to somewhere else. They should solve the real issue, these kids have nowhere fit for purpose to go.
I'll look forward to it. Especially if it's going to show the majority of motorcyclists, as you have alleged.
I second that. Brewmaster has apparently had a vendetta against motorcyclists for many years & is well known for it in the area in which he lives. However as in all walks of life it's the odd few that spoil things for all concerned, unfortunately he seems to be convinced that he is right. I wonder would he agree then that quite possibly the majority of lovers of real ale are over the drink / drive limit when they get behind the wheel !!!
In a way, I am but TVP know that they won't get anywhere, the CPS will not proceed with this sort of difficult to prove case. I would think that the best option would be for some sort of legislation which would enable the old bill to refer suspect vehicles for safety checks to DVLA testing stations for examination with a copy of the report being sent to the vehicle owners insurance company. The Mot test itself is not designed to weed out noisy vehicles but it is not unknown for a car to be presented for Mot with a proper exhaust and catalytic convertor thus getting it a pass on emmisions etc and then within 24 hours the kit has been removed and the old straight through system replaced.
Easy - just stick up a few signposts pointing towards the disused airfield behind Membury services.
Show of ur rimz! Follow da sines! -----> Dis way 4 maximum hoonage! ----->
Tha da shizzle m8!
Seriously though, money can be spent moving them on to another area on, only for the residents of wherever they end up to complain or money can be spent giving them somewhere to go.
The latter seems much more cost effective in the long run.
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