A protest has been organised by a local councillor and residents who have spent years tortured in their homes by ‘scary and disruptive drift racers’.

Residents will be gathering in Carnival Pool multi-story carpark this Saturday at 2pm to put their point across to local councillors that they are unhappy about the amount of anti-social behaviour in the area.

Local Wokingham councillor Maria Gee, who is co-organiser of the protest said: “Car meets have been going on for more than two years now and the late-night noise, week after week, is tantamount to an assault upon residents each weekend.

“The homes in which residents are prisoners are not places of refuge because the car meets are so close, scary and disruptive.”

This follows reports to Thames Valley Police about illegal and ‘noisy’ car meets throughout Jennetts Park and Great Hollands last weekend.

Police have responded to these complaints last weekend by issuing Section 59 Police Reform Act warnings to registered vehicles caused on CCTV.

Thames Valley Police said: "As a result of the manner of their driving, drivers were issued Section 59 Police Reform Act warnings. This warning puts a marker on the vehicle and the driver for 12 months.

"If they drive in an anti-social manner within this time, the vehicle they are driving can be seized.

However, Cllr Gee fears that dealing with the problems as they arise is not the solution.

She said: “Police are taking action but often it’s difficult to get through to them on the 101 number, and police resources are stretched due to funding cuts; a reason why it’s better to prevent the illegal meets than to deal with them when they occur.  

“It would be much better to stop the car meets in their tracks by denying easy access. If the council has more effective proposals for prevention, then I would be happy to listen to them.

“With Carnival Pool car park, the obvious solution is robust car park barriers on entry and exit.  I have sent several requests to the council and its executive members for barriers, as have residents. “

Dozens of local residents took to social media to discuss this issue.

One person said: “This is not a ‘moan’ at people just having a bit of fun. It is a statement about the huge numbers of laws being broken and the total lack of respect for anyone living within 100 square miles of where they were.”

People that regularly frequent these gatherings defended their right to be there and reasons behind it.

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A local Wokingham resident said: “Let people have fun, and maybe sign a petition for the council to make somewhere affordable for us to go which isn’t track days and car festivals which are expensive to younger people.”

Police commented: "We understand your passion for cars and are aware that not all car enthusiasts drive in this way. We are not against car meets taking place. However, we will take positive action against those that are causing noise nuisance to our community.

Ms Gee added: “Action to stop this problem in its tracks has already been delayed for two years. The council is saying that further enforcement action is being held up by the need to extend car park operating hours.

“I will be emailing and hopefully meeting with council officers to work out a plan for making Wokingham residents feel safe in their homes and the town again.”

“It’s unfortunate that it’s come to the stage where residents feel they must protest against their own council, but they are at their wits end, and I fully support this protest to get the council to listen and take action”