Residents are being terrorised by boy racers who have turned a once quiet street into a hotbed of antisocial behaviour. Home Farm Road, Brighton , has become an unexpected hotspot for drag racing causing significant distress to the residents of the nearby Bates Estate. The residents have described how the usually quiet road transforms at the weekend into a drag strip with up to 80 cars at a time arriving from outside Brighton.
The influx of racers brings with it shouting, revving engines and the pungent smell of cannabis. Those living close to the road say they are left sleepless and frustrated and have urged Sussex Police to do more. Home Farm Road, Brighton (Image: The Argus/Andrew Gardner) One woman, aged 47, who did not want to give her full name, said: “It happens every night, near enough.
“When you are trying to watch telly it is all you can hear. You have your TV on low because you’re thinking of your neighbours but then all you hear is them. It’s boom, boom, boom.
“You can’t leave the windows open because it is too noisy. We’ve got double glazing and we can still hear them. “It’s gone too far.
I know a couple of people have gone up there and had words with them. “It’s late at night, on Sunday nights, they don’t finish until half twelve, one o’clock.” Read more: Teenagers terrorise city centre with vicious assaults and relentless shoplifting Another resident who also did not want to give his name, said: “If I had a gun I would shoot the he.
