Neighbours of New Addington girl killed in crash glorify dangerous driving online (From Croydon Guardian)

Neighbours of New Addington girl killed in crash glorify dangerous driving online

11:20am Wednesday 8th September 2010 in

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Neighbours of a girl who died in a joyriding smash last month have been glorifying dangerous driving on the internet.

Videos posted on YouTube under the names Crazycudham and Cudhamboyz show people driving at high speed around New Addington and Croydon on motorcycles and in high-performance cars.

The drivers, from the same road as 17-year-old Mikeala Stevens, who was killed when the car she was travelling in slammed into a telegraph pole, can be seen drag-racing and stunt driving at high speed.

The dangerous races, uploaded some time ago, show people pulling wheelies and speeding perilously close to each other. They are poorly shot on camera phones and are still occurring, according to New Addington councillor George Ayres.

Coun Ayres said: “This has been a problem for quite some time now.

“There have been a number of fatalities here, some of which involve kids taking cars without permission.

“The council needs to make a more practical approach to the problem.

“Speed humps are not the answer because they do not slow down drivers who are hell-bent on exceeding the speed limit.

“A bit more action needs to be taken to prevent these endurances.”