Citywide crackdown plea to tackle Peterborough car cruisers
"Pleasure Fair Meadow Car Park acts as a magnet to bring these vehicles into town from all over," he said. "This was never going to be the solution."This PSPO, implemented on 19 July, allows police to issue £1,000 fines for anti-social behaviour associated with car meets. The force issued nine tickets on the first day of enforcement, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.Car cruising can take various forms including authorised and unauthorised meets, which are associated with stunts, street racing and excessive noise. Independent councillor Julie Stevenson said introducing smaller PSPO areas risked shifting the problem from "place to place".
"We need to push the problem out of Peterborough," she said.Peterborough City Council's Labour administration said it would look into the possibility of a city-wide injunction.Alison Jones, cabinet member for communities, said she was "aware" smaller injunctions could push car cruising to elsewhere in the city."We are also talking to some of the car cruising events people that put them on to try and work with them," she said.There are other PSPOs in place in Peterborough, including one covering the city centre and another in Millfield, but these do not relate specifically to car cruising.
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