Oh, I do hope so. I have posted before about the hoons blighting our society.
Whilst there are noise camera trials taking place at various sites in the UK, and the police can issue on the spot fines, the misery caused by these auto “enthusiasts” continues.
So, this first strike against a business blatantly breaking the law is very welcome.
I sincerely hope that 2024 is the year that the hoons get their comeuppance.
Saturday night / Sunday morning, and the hoons are at play. Judging by the different engine notes, there are three or four different vehicles out there on the B2150/A3(M) intersection.
They started around 00:25 and as I write this it is 01:19 and they are still out there. We get a little respite, and then they come back again.
They have no consideration for anyone with their high engine revs, loud exhausts popping and banging, and the squealing tyres.
I don’t believe they have a single brain cell to share between them.
I won’t call 999 as it isn’t an emergency situation, I tried calling 101, but it is not much use when you are placed in a queue. And then, even if the police were to deploy a car, the hoons would scatter.
I wish this country had hoon laws like they have in Australia. Give the police the power to confiscate cars used in an antisocial manner.
Just yesterday afternoon, I was sitting with my wife, watching the TV, enjoying the Italian F1 Grand Prix.
Unfortunately, that enjoyment was somewhat marred by “eejits” tear-arsing along the roads at the back of our house.
The volume of their engine/exhaust systems sufficient to drown out the race commentary.
Sure, I could close my doors and windows, but why should I? These hoons are impinging their antisocial activities on my home from several hundred feet away. I should be able to enjoy a warm summer Sunday afternoon in the comfort of my own home without these eejits spoiling it.
So, I was somewhat surprised to read this in today’s “The News”. The focus of the article is aimed at the posh prats in their Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maclaren supercars who terrorise Nightsbridge in London.
https://app.portsmouth.co.uk/full_page_image/page-14-1834/content.html
“The News” is our local paper, and I would expect the articles to prioritise local issues. However, anything that highlights this current blight on society as a whole has to be viewed as a positive thing.
Pat does however point out that the police do have the power to to take action against the hoons.
I understand that the police are desperately understaffed. But perhaps they could alternate from setting up speed traps to setting up sound traps. As I stated in a previous post, the police know where the hoons gather, where they run. As to funding, just how much does a sound gone cost as opposed to a radar gun ?
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