6:36pm Thursday 17th July 2008
By Tom Pochciol
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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