{"id":1038135,"date":"2026-06-20T04:49:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1038135\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T04:49:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T04:49:20","slug":"the-central-london-car-meets-where-drivers-perform-burnouts-doughnuts-and-other-dangerous-stunts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1038135\/","title":{"rendered":"The central London car meets where drivers perform burnouts, doughnuts and other \u2018dangerous\u2019 stunts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-social drivers<\/a> have been banned from performing dangerous car<\/a> stunts or organising meet-ups in central London<\/a> after crowds repeatedly gathered in hot spots to film burnouts and doughnuts.<\/p>\n

The High Court injunction<\/a> means drivers are prohibited from racing<\/a>, performing stunts such as burnouts and doughnuts, and organising or promoting car meets in known hot spots including Knightsbridge and Belgravia, St James, Hyde Park and the West End<\/a>, Westminster City Council<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

Anyone who breaches the injunction could face large fines or seizure of assets for excessively revving their engines or driving<\/a> dangerously between 6pm and 7am, according to the council.<\/p>\n

Hotspots including Exhibition Road, Pall Mall and parts of Soho have had regular gatherings of drivers, resulting in complaints about noise and dangerous stunts involving modified cars<\/a>, the council said.<\/p>\n

\"Anyone<\/p>\n

Anyone who breaches the injunction could face large fines or seizure of assets (PA)<\/p>\n

Dozens of people have been gathering late at night to watch the cars perform the stunts, with smoke seen billowing from the tyres as onlookers record clips on their phones.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) was expanded across the West End resulting in 370 fixed penalty notices in hot spots across the city.<\/p>\n

Since the start of 2026, the Metropolitan Police have issued 36 Traffic Offence Reports as part of targeted operations in known hot spots, the council added.<\/p>\n

Deputy leader and Cabinet member for enforcement, Caroline Sargent, said: “Anti-social driving is incredibly dangerous, and we do not want it in Westminster.<\/p>\n

“This ruling is a fantastic result for the council and its partners which will make our streets safer whilst offering residents respite from the excessive noise.<\/p>\n

“We have a zero tolerance for this sort of behaviour, so if you are looking to meet up and drive like this, our streets are not the place for it.”<\/p>\n

\"Over<\/p>\n

Over the past year, a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) was expanded across the West End resulting in 370 fixed penalty notices in hot spots across the city (PA)<\/p>\n

Last year, police<\/a> seized supercars worth more than \u00a36 million during a crackdown on anti-social driving.<\/p>\n

Seventy-two luxury vehicles, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis<\/a> and Bentleys, were taken off the streets last weekend in an operation targeting nuisance driving in London’s West End<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Metropolitan Police<\/a> said the cars were either unroadworthy or being driven illegally.<\/p>\n

The operation was launched following complaints from residents, businesses and visitors about high-value cars causing disruption in and around Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Officers worked with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau to issue tickets for a range of offences including driving with no insurance, no licence, disqualification, false documentation and fraudulent number plates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anti-social drivers have been banned from performing dangerous car stunts or organising meet-ups in central London after crowds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1038136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,286106,393,4884,286107,257,135,16,15,25379],"class_list":["post-1038135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-dangerous-stunts","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-hot-spots","tag-london","tag-metropolitan-police","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-westminster-city-council"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116780634629282429","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}