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"Boy racer car meets are ruining our lives - they're dangerous and we can't sleep"
Locals in an exclusive part of central London have called for an end to "dangerous" car meets - which sees 'boy racers' descend in the middle of the night to rev their engines and do stunts. The "reckless" drivers turn up every Sunday at around midnight in St James' Waterloo Place, it is claimed - less than a mile from Buckingham Palace. Residents say petrolheads spend hours doing doughnuts, revving their "souped-up engines", and creating noise "so loud it sounds like an explosion". Those living in the area say their lives have been made a misery - as they struggle to sleep and have been left stressed by the driving which they say is "an accident waiting to happen". Others, who have filmed the meets so they can report them to the police, have been "intimidated" by the organisers, they claim . Residents say the drivers "know what they are doing is illegal" as they obscure their cars' number plates and often wear hoods and balaclavas. And now, locals are campaigning in the hopes of restoring funding to police road teams so something can be done before "someone gets seriously hurt". Anne Mannion, who has lived in the West End for nearly 40 years, said: "I've lived in central London, by the theatre, by night clubs, by busy roads, for several years. "I know noise. I'm used to it. You expect it - and you deal with it to have the privilege of living in these places. "But this? This is a whole other level. It's absolutely unbelievable. When it first started happening, I thought there were explosions. That's what it sounds like. "My bed shakes. It feels like an airplane is taking off. I mean - there are hundreds of supercars as well as cars which have had their engines 'souped-up'. "It's just horrific. We have all types of people living in this building. Elderly people, families with children, professionals who have to get up early in the morning. "It has to stop. It's driving people away. My daughter moved out because she just couldn't take it anymore." Mrs Mannion, a media lawyer, said the car meet ups began during lockdown when no one was on the roads. Since then, they have continued nearly every weekend - including on Bank Holidays and even on Christmas Day. "They have no respect for people's lives - or for their right to have a day off," Mrs Mannion said. "They also have no respect for the roads. They're driving dangerously - doing doughnuts and the like. And they're blocking off all traffic from Trafalgar Square - what about ambulances? "At one of the recent …
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