So-called "boy racers" who tear through the residential streets of Southampton could have their vehicles seized as a new police crackdown gets under way. Officers are to issue a warning that they are prepared to confiscate the cars and motorbikes of people "who persistently cause a public nuisance".
This includes high speed racing, performing hand brake turns in car parks, or off-road riding on motorbikes.
The new powers, coming into force this week, are drawn from The Police Reform Act 2002.
If the anti-social behaviour continues once a warning has been issued, the vehicle can be seized and removed to a secure location.
It can be reclaimed at a cost of �105 with a �12 cost accrued for every day the vehicle is kept in storage.
Chief Inspector Beau Fisk of Hampshire Police, responsible for community policing in the city, said: "This is an opportunity for people who engage in this sort of behaviour to understand that it will not be tolerated by the public in general.
"And, that if they persist, it will cost them financially, as well as causing them the inconvenience of losing their vehicle. "
"We are issuing this as a warning now so that we can hopefully get the message home before they have their vehicles taken away from them."
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