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  • 11 months ago
Fed-up residents are demanding action over hundreds of motorcyclists turning the streets by the London Eye into their own late-night racetrack, using the landmark as a flashy backdrop for social media videos.Shocking footage shows up to 200 riders roaring through Waterloo, engines backfiring and noise echoing across the Southbank. The chaos has been unfolding in Belvedere Road and nearby streets three to four nights a week for almost three months.Labour councillor Ibrahim Dogus told the Standard: “They come from 10pm onwards, they drive, they race and backfire their engines.” He added that residents had seen up to 200 riders gathering at once, turning the London landmark into a petrolhead playground.“We’ve got lots of elderly people living in nearby properties, lots of families with young kids, and they’ve been living in these conditions for the past three months,” Mr Dogus warned.

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00:00This shocking footage shows up to 200 motorcycle riders roaring through Waterloo as they transform
00:11the South Bank into their personal petrolhead playground. Unlucky for them, residents and
00:16councillors have clubbed together to put a stop to their late-night racetrack around the streets
00:20of the London Eye. The riders are believed to be using the landmark as a flashy backdrop for
00:25social media videos on three to four nights a week for almost three months. The Labour councillor
00:30behind the petition, Ibrahim Dogas, told The Standard, they come from 10pm onwards, they drive,
00:36they race and backfire their engines. He added the area's home to lots of elderly people and families
00:42with young children, the motorbike antics causing a great deal of noise pollution and disruption to
00:48the local community. More than 2,000 residents are thought to be suffering from the racket.
00:53Mr Dogas' petition is calling for acoustic cameras, stronger enforcement and real action to restore
00:59peace and safety to the community. Labour MP for Vauxhall, Florence Eshelomi, is also supporting the
01:05petition, labelling the excessive noise as a serious disruption to her constituents. A crunch public
01:11meeting has now been scheduled to put an end to the midnight motorbike menace once and for all.
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