JULIA PRESSES GOVERNMENT TO ACT ON BOY RACERS

3.30.00pm GMT Fri 8th Jan 2010

Julia Goldsworthy MP is pressing the Government to take action against boy racers.

It follows concerns raised at Julia's travelling surgery that boy racers were ruining residents' quality of life by tearing up and down town centre streets. Over Christmas she met Camborne and Redruth Police Inspector Bob Hocking to discuss the problem.

She has now put down a motion in Parliament calling for noise limits on exhausts to become part of the MOT test.

Julia said: "People who live in houses and flats in town centres are being forced to put up with the kind of noise that would be unacceptable on suburban estates.

"The volume of some exhausts is absolutely shocking, and can be alarming particularly for older people. It was raised extensively at my travelling surgery, particularly among residents living in and around Trelowarren Street in Camborne.

"I responded by putting down a motion calling on the Government to back noise limits on exhausts, which can be enforce by the MOT test."

She added that Inspector Hocking and the local police were taking the issue of excessive noise seriously. She said: "Inspector Hocking told me he takes the issue of excessive noise seriously and is planning a trial of specialist equipment to monitor boy racers.

"I intend to go with the local police to see for myself how this works in practise, and fully support them in their attempts to reduce this problem."