Car Cruising Ban in North Warwickshire Borough

Following an application between Warwickshire Police and North Warwickshire Borough Council, a judge has banned so-called car cruising events in North Warwickshire borough.

In the injunction, street cruising is defined as:

‘A congregation of the drivers of two or more motor vehicles on the public highway or at any place to which the public have access in North Warwickshire borough, at which any person whether or not a driver or rider, performs any of the activities (listed below), so as, by such conduct, to cause any of the following:

– Excessive noise

– Danger to other road users (including pedestrians)

– Damage or the risk of damage to private property

– Litter

– Any nuisance to another person not participating in the car cruise

The activities referred to above are:

– Driving or riding at excessive speed, or otherwise dangerously

– Driving or riding in a convoy

– Racing against other motor vehicles

– Performing stunts in or on motor vehicles

– Sounding horns or playing radios

– Dropping litter

– Supplying or using illegal drugs

– Urinating in public

– Shouting or swearing at, or abusing, threatening or otherwise intimidating another person

– Obstruction of any other road-user

The injunction was applied for by Warwickshire Police and North Warwickshire Borough Council following incidents of antisocial behaviour and collisions linked to the gatherings over the past few years.

People taking part in them can now be arrested, sent to prison and have their car seized.

The injunction came into effect on Friday 3 August and lasts for three years.

The application was submitted to cover the whole of North Warwickshire in order to avoid the possibility of drivers relocating to another nearby area.