Central District Police targeting boy racers had great success recently as part of Operation Spider focusing on disrupting anti-social road user behaviour, said Inspector Brett Calkin, Central District prevention manager.
The operation, which took place on Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10 in Manawatū and Horowhenua is being deemed a success with a string of results including 10 vehicles impounded.
Calkin said surveillance footage was obtained of the drivers doing burnouts (sustained loss of traction) and police have processed a significant amount of footage from this weekend, and seized the vehicles used.
Ten out of the 12 vehicles that were witnessed driving unsafely were seized and impounded.
“There’s a noticeable increase in the number of young drivers engaging in anti-social and dangerous driving behaviours, and the public are getting very sick and tired of cars racing around.