An order has been placed in an attempt to crack down on high-speed races and car cruises taking place regularly in a Merseyside industrial estate.
West Lancashire Council recently ran a six-week statutory public consultation on the introduction of a public space protection order (PSPO) to deter organised car meets on Pimbo Industrial Estate just off of the M57, with councillors unanimously backing the order. The car meets often encourage dangerous and reckless driving and are regularly organised last minute using private Instagram pages and WhatsApp groups.
The ECHO also understands that the groups linked to the car meets at Pimbo are also the ones who played a part in organising the same car meet that saw the death of Sam Harding in April this year, as well as a number of meets that flood Merseyside . The 20-year-old from Stockport attended the car meet with his friends and was hit by an Audi S3, with a 21-year-old from Leeds being arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
