DRIVERS who terrorise neighbourhoods with noisy cars could face a fine.

Esther McVey is urging Government to extend the trial of noise cameras aimed at tackling rowdy car meets.

The Tatton MP has submitted a formal bid for one to be placed on the A34 in Wilmslow, following a series of illegal car meets.

Police issued more than 30 tickets to drivers after more than 100 vehicles were seen driving dangerously, speeding and creating excessive noise in December last year.

One woman from Wilmslow told the Guardian: "It was horrendous. Hundreds of cars were racing up and down the A34 beside our cul-de-sac of terraced cottages.

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"Super charged cars were revving up and backfiring. I've never heard anything like it. It is like guns going off in your head, it is frightening."

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Ms McVey said residents were still frustrated with the constant disruption and excessive noise and had expressed their concerns over safety and speeding.

The Department for Transport announced last month it will place four acoustic cameras across the country to assess their ability to identify excessive noise and invited applications from MPs to identify problem roads in their constituencies.

Ms McVey said: “I fully support this trial as car meets such as those on the A34 in Wilmslow create excessive noise are causing untold frustration to local residents.

“This has been an ongoing issue and I am working with the police and Cheshire East Council to see what we can do to tackle it as this is blighting the lives of people who live near the road.”

Police have powers to fine drivers causing excessive noise but struggle to gather evidence, a problem these cameras could resolve.

Ms McVey raised the issue in Parliament during transport questions saying she understood there was ‘stiff competition’ to trial the cameras and urged Government to extend the pilot.

She said: “We will have to wait to see if our application for Wilmslow has been successful.

“If places such as the A34 in Wilmslow is not chosen to host a pilot camera then it is very clear how big a problem this is across the country, as this road is extremely noisy when these events happen.

“I think widening the trial scheme from the very beginning is the right thing to do as more data will be collected and then we can look at how effective these cameras are and act to resolve the problem for residents.”

Transport Minister Robert Courts said: “I am grateful for her interest in the scheme and raising noisy vehicles in her constituency.

“What I can say is we will be carefully reviewing all the applications received and will be choosing four sites to represent a wide range of urban and rural environments across England and Wales and will consider the results of those.”

Ms McVey also has called for average speed cameras to be put on the stretch of road to tackle speeding problems.