I have a slight problem. Near my house there is a kind of car-park. We live in a countryside area and there is normally no trouble.

However Boy Racers come down to this car-park at night and God knows what happens down there! I have to go down there and clean everything up the next day! Its just disgraceful!

I will not tell you what i have found. Just the beer cans and rizzla packets scattered around are the least of my worries of what might go on down there!

What action could we take to stop them?:confused:

I'd guess it's just young ones being young ones but not giving a thought to what they leave behind. Maybe just a quiet word with local bobby may help.

He might not get shut of them but at least ask them to tidy up after themselves!! :)

After being one for a couple of years i can only talk from my own expierence but usually they just sit around and talk about the stuff they plan to do with there cars and have a laugh chatting.

If they are leaving a mess then you should report it to the local authority and they might close the car park at nights?

I don't mind them being there. Its just that i don't want to have to tidy up after them and i don't want anything illegal going on. Beer bottles make me think that they could be drink driving. And Rizzla makes me think of illegal substances.

So maybe i should go to the police?

I doubt if the drivers would be drinking- there cars mean the world to them and they know that the coppers love to stop a boy racer to check everything is legal - i doubt if they would risk it- same with the drugs BUT if you are concerned that they are smoking dope then ask a local copper to nip down there one night to check everything is legit!!

My mate's having a prolem with these sorts of people near his house in a Supermarket overspill carpark, near Millhouses.

He's contacted the Police and the store many times and they are now putting in place a few things to catch the drivers of the cars and get some ASBOS in place.

The Police CCTV van is part of the solution as well as a few other ideas, but it appears that these people that had little respect for others during the night in that car park may very shortly be getting a knock on the door :D.

You could try doing something like that if it's getting out of hand like it seemed to be doing for him.

Colonel,

Why is it your responsibility to go and clear up after them? Is this not the council's job?

I dont think hes obliged to, I just think he has respect for the area he lives in

Originally posted by Carl_Malibu
I dont think hes obliged to, I just think he has respect for the area he lives in Plus he probably wants it doing now rather that in the next 6 - 12 months.

Originally posted by Colonel
I have a slight problem. Near my house there is a kind of car-park. We live in a countryside area and there is normally no trouble.

However Boy Racers come down to this car-park at night and God knows what happens down there! I have to go down there and clean everything up the next day! Its just disgraceful!

Are you sure it's 'boy' racers? It could be a dogging location, and these are usually frequented by middle aged couples, so I've heard.

well if they drive really stupidly "done up" Corsas and other old banger cars that they think they can go fast in then maybe?

If you say it's a 'kind of car park' then just leave nails everywhere. You will soon get rid of them, as it's not an official carpark you don't have to worry as much.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1359&highlight=joyriders ;)

when i visited morrisons at hillsborugh last saturday evening i witnessed a group of cars in the car park (nothing unusual about that i know). there was a mixture of men and women some young and some not so young and they were driving around the car park (the undercover section) driving very fast and then doing handbrake turns and skidding all over the place. these people must be idiots who in their right mind goes around doing this sort of thing. what a waste of rubber it made me even more annoyed that they were doing this whilst the supermarket was open.

theres loads of them in tescos car park all the time - when ive been down to practise u turns and stuff for my test there usually there with lots of can and pizza hut pizzas

Originally posted by f_g
theres loads of them in tescos car park all the time - when ive been down to practise u turns and stuff for my test there usually there with lots of can and pizza hut pizzas If this is the one off Abbeydale Road then it won't be for much longer.

I Dont think its a problem for 'boy-racers' to meet in overspill car parks etc, as long as there is no messing about.
Howcome people wont be meeting at the tescos on abbeydale road no more?

Somebody didn't read the rest of this thread :roll:

Originally posted by coolwill2k
I Dont think its a problem for 'boy-racers' to meet in overspill car parks etc, as long as there is no messing about.
Howcome people wont be meeting at the tescos on abbeydale road no more? Read my earlier post about my mate who lives near there.

It seems that they are meeting there quite often and driving like idiots around the car park. Wheel spinning, doughnutting etc. and aparantly it's caused quite an uproar with the local residents and now action is being taken.

Aparantly the Police are to monitor the car park and ASBOS will be issued to those who are seen to be using the car park in this way. They will also be using CCTV footage for evidence and I can't remember if the staff or the Police are already noting down number plates of those using the car park in this way.

The meeting in the car park isn't a problem, it's the way they drive once they are there that is.

:( i did read it i promise...

Ahh well i shall warn my fellow boy racers to stay away ;-)

I agree with you all though, i cant stand people messing about and chucking litter everywhere...
bring on the ASBOS!

I don't mind Boy racers but i do mind them dropping litter!

i dont think there is any problem with boy racers meeting up on car parks all they want to do is sit n hav a chat wiv mates. boy racers are fine they hav respect 4 others n others belongings its CHAVS that are the problem.

Originally posted by booboo
i dont think there is any problem with boy racers meeting up on car parks all they want to do is sit n hav a chat wiv mates. boy racers are fine they hav respect 4 others n others belongings its CHAVS that are the problem. You are right, there's nothing wrong with people meeting up in car parks, if that's what they are doing. The problem is when they start to drive round in stupid and dangerous ways, causing noise and dangers to others.

Anyway, update time. If you remember my mate who lives near Tescos, it seems he's stepped up his war against boy racers. Last night they were back aparantly and he was on hold for what he considered too long with the Police so he went round to the car park and has filmed the cars and what they were doing. He got them spinning round the car park and generally driving like idiots.

The funny part is what he intends to do with the home made film. He's putting it on several CDs and sending it to management level at all the leading insurers so they can see the registration plates of the people involved and he's asking if they have them on their policies if they knew what kind of driving they got up to :D

At first I thought it was a daft idea, but I can see his point. If the insurers take him seriously there could be some cancelled or serious increased policies coming up.
(still think he's getting a little obsessed though :loopy: :D , but then I suppose I don't know what it's like as I don't have to try and sleep while they are near my house)

the idea of filming evidence is a good idea. anything that inconvienences these scumbags has got to be worth the effort. the only down side is that these scumbags will probably carry on behaving like total arseholes regardless of wether they are insured or not.

Originally posted by trainwalker
the idea of filming evidence is a good idea. anything that inconvienences these scumbags has got to be worth the effort. the only down side is that these scumbags will probably carry on behaving like total arseholes regardless of wether they are insured or not. I suppose so, but at least this way they may end up forking out more insurance or having to look round for other companies when there's see that they drive like idiots.

I have also suggested to him that maybe he should send the video in to the Police for them to trace the number plates and possibley bring charges in. I know it's private ground, but they may be able to find something and if not then Tescos could also use the video to take action.

Originally posted by Colonel


What action could we take to stop them?:confused:

call your local policing team??

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
call your local policing team?? Just to add to this, the person I was talking about above has tried this while the joy riders are there, but finds that he is often placed on hold for quite a while. You can't call 999 as it's not an emergency and 01142202020 does seem to have it's busy periods where he can't get through. By the time he's got through in the past to report the joy riders they have often cleared off.

lpt is a answer phone where you leave message about local things - like harassment, youths, etc... sort of like a neighbourhood watch thing. They listen to it within 24hrs and call you back if you want them too. We have used it a lot and LPT put on extra patrols at certain times and the problem stopped.
i work with em a bit and peopel moan about harassment but never report it! or they report once and think they are the only people who have problems! we continally did everytime the problems was there and said the date and time etc... and descriptions.
and yes the 202020 number is pants, i did hear that only two people man it at any one time - is this true?

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
call your local policing team??

by all means call the local police but in my experience they are not that bothered (maybe i just caught them on a bad day).

and the same goes for tesco. i used to work at the tesco at millhouses and trust me the management are more concerned with the amount of money going through the tills than what goes off outside. a few years ago the overspill car park had major problems with loutish skateboarders and they didnt tackle the problem even though there was a spate of car break-ins and vandalism. it makes me understand why people sometimes take the law into their own hands.

tesco should be held responsible thou - shouldnt they? esp if the kids are leaving a mess. The LPTs are police and local wardens and various other staff. if an area has a huge prob, they do big exercises or hits in that area, but it takes age to organise and is expensive. prob too busy spending £££ on having police at football matches

Originally posted by trainwalker
by all means call the local police but in my experience they are not that bothered (maybe i just caught them on a bad day).

and the same goes for tesco. i used to work at the tesco at millhouses and trust me the management are more concerned with the amount of money going through the tills than what goes off outside. a few years ago the overspill car park had major problems with loutish skateboarders and they didnt tackle the problem even though there was a spate of car break-ins and vandalism. it makes me understand why people sometimes take the law into their own hands. I remember my mate complaining to Tescos on many occasions and he felt he was fobbed off each time, so he wrote to his local MP and they contacted Tescos head office. Funnily enough they took notice of that and he got a letter from the MP and from the head office which is when they said about the Police, the CCTV and the ASBOs for joy riders in that car park and where I got my info from which I posted earlier on in the thread after speaking to him.

The thing is that to Tesco staff it's a place of work, to the joy riders it's somewhere to toss about and drive like idiots, but to him it's his neighbourhood and he can't sleep at night for the sound of screeching tyres etc. so I think he's well within his rights to make a fuss about it.

The wheels of progress have been slow on thsi one for him and he seems to feel let down by Tescos and the Police, but now hopefuly someone will take notice of him and do something about it. If not then I am sure he could always take action himself, sneak in to the surrounding bushes or fenced off area nearby and hurl stuff at their cars to cause damage. But he's a law abiding citizen and probably wouldn't do that and hopefuly the Police and Tescos will help him out soon enough as this has been going on for well over a year or two.

tesco should be held responsible after all they own the land. the car park which seems to attract the trouble is rarely used. anyone with any sense would not leave their car there. if i were in charge at tesco i would install bollards and barriers and cordon of this section of car park. although this would not come cheap a multi national company the size of tesco could easily absorb the cost.

dont supermarkets normally have cameras up? to protect their trolleys and things?

They say they can't put a barrier up as it's used by other people as well as the store out of hours. I suspect this is the bus company they are referring to.

As for cameras, there aren't any there yet, although they suggested the Police might be using some there soon.

live and let live - they are only having a bit of fun

Originally posted by asbo
live and let live - they are only having a bit of fun Hmmm... If their fun is causing the people posting here problems then surely its' something that ought to be addressed?

In the case of the person living by the Tesco store, if it's stopping him sleeping then I would certainly take action against them. Good on him for not sitting on his arse and for getting something done while the people who should be doing something are seemingly doing nothing.

As for Tescos, I would think that these people pose a threat to their customers and people using the area, so if they have done nothing so far then it tends to suggest to me that they don't care about their customers safety while using their store. This is just my view, but imagine if you visit the store and your car or worse still, you, get hit by one of these idiots. Fair enough it's the idiot in the car that's at fault, but Tescos could have avoided the situation by taking action against the people on their land, it's their responsibility and it sounds from what people have said above that they may be avoiding taking responsibility for this.

I occasionally visit the store mentioned here and I will keep an eye out for these people too and if I see them I will have a word with the store manager and see how I get fobbed off.

why not leave em be? Not doing any real harm....yeah OK some kid might get knocked over but hey that's life - don't you know that the way this country works is that we don't take any real action on anything until the worst has happened.

Originally posted by chav
why not leave em be? Not doing any real harm....yeah OK some kid might get knocked over but hey that's life - don't you know that the way this country works is that we don't take any real action on anything until the worst has happened. That seems to be the attitude taken by Tescos (or that's how it appears to me), but it's not one that we should all share.

If people are doing this sort of stuff and it's affecting others then we have the law which is meant to protect us and take action.

Also the land owner should take some action as they are inviting the public to enter their premises to shop with them, but they aren't, in my view, taking action to ensure you are safe while doing so. Also their lack of respect for their residential neighbours is shocking, surely if there's something going off on their land that is affecting the local's quality of life then they should at least have a go at stopping it?

Originally posted by chav
why not leave em be? Not doing any real harm....yeah OK some kid might get knocked over but hey that's life - don't you know that the way this country works is that we don't take any real action on anything until the worst has happened.

Lol. Don't bother saying anything else. The name speaks for itself...