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Lonsdale Street was closed on Friday night after an unregulated car cruise involving burnouts and dangerous driving prompted police fears for public safety. The cruise forced police to shut the road about 7.50pm, after they were called to the Braddon street following reports of anti-social behaviour. The street was reopened by about 10.30pm. About 10.40pm, police were called to at the corner of Yallourn Street and Canberra Avenue in Fyshwick, where a large number of cars were allegedly being driven dangerously. “Police attended and parked their vehicle 100 metres away from the spectators. The police vehicle was quickly surrounded by spectators who threw items and verbally abused the officers,” ACT police said in a statement. “Police activated their lights and sirens and the crowd parted and the drivers dispersed. A spectator threw a bottle and smashed the rear window of the marked police vehicle.” Over the border, NSW Police are investigating after a group of car enthusiasts gathered at Eaglehawk on the Federal Highway on Friday night, where they allegedly performed burnouts and blocked traffic. A NSW Police spokeswoman said officers were told members of the group were blocking road access to allegedly conduct burnouts and travel at high speed in the area. “More than 60 cars were observed at the scene, however the crowd dispersed upon police arrival,” the spokeswoman said. Police will review CCTV footage to identify any drivers committing traffic offences. No charges have so far been laid in the ACT or NSW. Videos posted to social media site Snapchat show cars performed burnouts at the intersection of Mckeahnie Lane and the Federal Highway service road on Friday night. Crowds stood filming the cars as plumes of smoke enveloped them. In Fyshwick, a crowd of people lined the Canberra Avenue service road to watch cars perform drifts near the service station, the publicly accessible videos show. Earlier in Braddon, cars lined the Lonsdale Street strip, which has long been the site of rowdy activity related to the Summernats car festival. As the night continued, videos show drivers spinning their car tyres at the Girrahween Street end. Unofficial Summernats-style events have filled the void left by the cancelled event, which was moved to Sydney due to coronavirus restrictions. On Thursday, more than 120 local cars rolled down Northbourne Avenue to join an event dubbed the Clayton’s Nats cruise: the cruise you have when you’re not having a cruise. ACT police had given their blessing to the informal cruise, which has used the Southwell Park car park as a base over the weekend. Businessman and car enthusiast Andrew Dale on Thursday said he was confident people involved in the cruise would behave themselves. “The group we have here are not hoons, they’re enthusiasts. It’s not in anyone’s interest to misbehave because they know that if they do, that will be the end of it,” Mr Dale said. A smaller Summernats event held at the Sydney Dragway at Eastern Creek will finish on Sunday. The ticketed event is capped at 5000 spectators each day. Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez has previously said the event will return to Canberra in 2022.
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Lonsdale Street was closed on Friday night after an unregulated car cruise involving burnouts and dangerous driving prompted police fears for public safety.
The cruise forced police to shut the road about 7.50pm, after they were called to the Braddon street following reports of anti-social behaviour.
The street was reopened by about 10.30pm.
About 10.40pm, police were called to at the corner of Yallourn Street and Canberra Avenue in Fyshwick, where a large number of cars were allegedly being driven dangerously.
“Police attended and parked their vehicle 100 metres away from the spectators. The police vehicle was quickly surrounded by spectators who threw items and verbally abused the officers,” ACT police said in a statement.
“Police activated their lights and sirens and the crowd parted and the drivers dispersed. A spectator threw a bottle and smashed the rear window of the marked police vehicle.”
Over the border, NSW Police are investigating after a group of car enthusiasts gathered at Eaglehawk on the Federal Highway on Friday night, where they allegedly performed burnouts and blocked traffic.
A NSW Police spokeswoman said officers were told members of the group were blocking road access to allegedly conduct burnouts and travel at high speed in the area.
“More than 60 cars were observed at the scene, however the crowd dispersed upon police arrival,” the spokeswoman said.
Police will review CCTV footage to identify any drivers committing traffic offences.
No charges have so far been laid in the ACT or NSW.
Videos posted to social media site Snapchat show cars performed burnouts at the intersection of Mckeahnie Lane and the Federal Highway service road on Friday night.
Unregulated car cruise, burnouts force Lonsdale Street closure
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Police closed the Braddon street about 7.50pm last night after receiving reports of drivers performing burnouts.
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Crowds stood filming the cars as plumes of smoke enveloped them.
In Fyshwick, a crowd of people lined the Canberra Avenue service road to watch cars perform drifts near the service station, the publicly accessible videos show.
Earlier in Braddon, cars lined the Lonsdale Street strip, which has long been the site of rowdy activity related to the Summernats car festival.
As the night continued, videos show drivers spinning their car tyres at the Girrahween Street end.
On Thursday, more than 120 local cars rolled down Northbourne Avenue to join an event dubbed the Clayton’s Nats cruise: the cruise you have when you’re not having a cruise.
ACT police had given their blessing to the informal cruise, which has used the Southwell Park car park as a base over the weekend.
Businessman and car enthusiast Andrew Dale on Thursday said he was confident people involved in the cruise would behave themselves.
“The group we have here are not hoons, they’re enthusiasts. It’s not in anyone’s interest to misbehave because they know that if they do, that will be the end of it,” Mr Dale said.
A smaller Summernats event held at the Sydney Dragway at Eastern Creek will finish on Sunday. The ticketed event is capped at 5000 spectators each day.
Summernats co-owner Andy Lopez has previously said the event will return to Canberra in 2022.
