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Boy racers could have cars seized
6:36pm Thursday 17th July 2008
ANTISOCIAL drivers who race down a Marlow street have been warned that if they do not behave they could have their cars confiscated.
The move is part of a crackdown on under age drinking and rowdy behaviour around the Pound Lane and Higginson Park area, focusing in particular on youths showing off their cars.
Last weekend, officers patrolling the area took details of several young drivers and warned them about their behaviour.
If they continue to ignore the police, they will have their vehicles confiscated.
The drivers will then have to pay a fine and a storage charge for every day the cars are in the possession of the police before they can recover the vehicles.
Suzanne Brown, who sits on Marlow Town Council, has been raising awareness of the issue.
She said that on weekend nights young drivers gather in the car park of Court Garden Leisure Centre in Pound Lane to show off their cars.
She said: "On Friday and Saturday nights youngsters show up in their cars at around 8.30pm.
"When we're around they behave normally, but as soon as the police go off duty at 10.30pm they drive along Pound Lane like a bat out of hell.
"What we're trying to do is tell people that this isn't on.
"One of these days someone will be crossing the road and will get hit."
Officers also seized booze from under age drinkers around Higginson Park and the Court Garden Leisure Centre.
Letters were sent to their parents, along with advice on how to talk to their children about the issue of drinking.
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Ivor, says...
6:51pm Thu 17 Jul 08
ANTISOCIAL drivers who race down a Marlow street have been warned that if they do not behave they could have their cars confiscated.Do they think the yobbos will just hand over their cars? Of course not! As a result there will probably be a police chase which will mean the car speeding all over the town followed by a police car!
Perhaps they sould consider putting some traffic calming measures like road humps in the road or better still install a speed camera and make a profit from the yobbos!
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Bucksgirl, Princes Risborough says...
7:08pm Thu 17 Jul 08
as soon as the police go off duty at 10.30pm
So if any possible crims didn't know what time the police knocked off - they do now!
bucksman, high wycombe says...
8:20pm Thu 17 Jul 08
erm, ermsville says...
8:46pm Thu 17 Jul 08
Do they think the yobbos will just hand over their cars?
They just turn up at 6am, clamp it and job done. Easy.
Besides they have road humps, they are called drunk pedestrians
happy blue, bucks says...
11:28pm Thu 17 Jul 08
deecee, high wycombe says...
7:55am Fri 18 Jul 08
Steve, Totteridge Hill says...
8:38am Fri 18 Jul 08
Why the warning tactics? If they were misbehaving in the first place shouldn't they just be punished straight away?
tom, marlow says...
9:10am Fri 18 Jul 08
Ivor said
Perhaps they sould consider putting some traffic calming measures like road humps in the road
Pound Lane already has speed humps in a number of places. They will break their suspension before the police get a chance to confiscate their cars.
cocobay, Cressex says...
10:13am Fri 18 Jul 08
vincynet, Cressex says...
10:34am Fri 18 Jul 08
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
11:07am Fri 18 Jul 08
Boy racers
This article is sexiest, I see many girl racers on the streets of Wycombe.
acjy1985, high wycombe says...
12:05pm Fri 18 Jul 08
wayne, wycombe says...
12:23pm Fri 18 Jul 08
wayne, wycombe says...
12:24pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Blaze Falconburger, HW says...
12:36pm Fri 18 Jul 08
acjy1985 wrote:That will be because one of the German sensors has failed then, not the engine.
By sexiest (Unless boy racers turn you on) I assume you mean sexist. Also, you can cruise in a 147 because, being an Alfa it would break down and the cruising would be because it is running on just the one cylinder.
R of Wycombe, High Wycombe says...
3:59pm Fri 18 Jul 08
llcherri, Wycombe says...
4:04pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Blaze Falconburger, HW says...
4:21pm Fri 18 Jul 08
The Bavarian Machine I have had for a year has been absolute dire, left me stranded twice, suffered numerous ongoing intermittent problems which still aren't solved. But we won't let that get in the way of public perception of a brand and stereotypical images of 30 years ago eh.
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
5:17pm Fri 18 Jul 08
Blaze Falconburger wrote:
Alfas are certainly no worse than their direct competitors. Having done over 100k in 2 Alfa's over the last 5 years, suffering only 1 breakdown I don't think is too bad - even that was due to hitting a rock and puncturing the sump. The Bavarian Machine I have had for a year has been absolute dire, left me stranded twice, suffered numerous ongoing intermittent problems which still aren't solved. But we won't let that get in the way of public perception of a brand and stereotypical images of 30 years ago eh.
Having done over 100k in 2 Alfa's
Isnt that called a cut n shut?
Plus ça change..., Chicane, Bucks says...
9:24pm Fri 18 Jul 08
sr, says...
4:42pm Wed 23 Jul 08
erm wrote:Thought the road humps were 'sleeping policemen' ? Or is that only after 10.30pm in Marlow?!
Do they think the yobbos will just hand over their cars?They just turn up at 6am, clamp it and job done. Easy. Besides they have road humps, they are called drunk pedestrians
sr, says...
4:44pm Wed 23 Jul 08
R of Wycombe wrote:probably marginally better than Rover 214 - head gasket killed mine after only having it for 6 months.
i love these story threads. From the seizure of boy racers toys to the reliability of the Alfa Romeo range. Mind you, having had one for 6 months several years ago, they're not very good are they.
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