Silent Crime: West Bromwich resident describes misery street racers cause near his home
"You can't have your window open at night because of the noise – there's hundreds of them".
That was the bleak description of life at night by West Bromwich resident Jake Russell as he asked for more to be done to stem illegal street racing in the town.
Jake lives in a high-rise flat on the Kendrick Park estate, next to the Kendrick Way dual carriageway – over the years, the major road has become a 'car-cruising' hotspot for illegal street racers and spectators.
Jake was pleased when the noises stopped following the crackdown into illegal street racing as part of the Black Country Street Racing Injunction, however to his dismay, the noises returned.
Talking about the illegal racers, 52-year-old Jake, who has lived at the address for over 10 years, said: "I actually think it's worse now than it was before.
"The injunction did help for a little bit. It calmed down for about a month, but since then it has started again. When I'm sitting here you'll hear the cars speeding up and down the carriageway, and they're high-performance engines, they're extremely loud.
"I'm a couple of floors up and have triple-glazed windows and you can still hear it clear as day. It distresses the cat, I can't imagine how my neighbours with dogs are coping. It's terrible.
