Ritzy streets to drag strips

paul.weston@news.com.au monitor. If they continue to do it they should be locked up. They’re laughing in our faces.”

The drag strip is from Main Beach through Surfers Paradise and south to Broadbeach before the road racers head west to Carrara.

Residents are blaming the light rail for increasing the number of intersections and potential road races, which attract not just expensive motorcycles but sports car owners. police to launch a crackdown.

Mr Christmas told the Bulletin: “This doesn’t happen in Hong Kong and Singapore. It doesn’t happen in Carmel (in the United States). Remember Clint Eastwood (as the mayor). He got rid of it.

“They come out for a joyride. They want to rev it up at the traffic lights. It’s a disgrace.”

Pinnacle unit owner Jan Briggs said the noise from motorbikes roaring past was ruining the life of residents.

“We have a community area downstairs. You have to shut up and stop talking until they roar past,” she said.

Body corporate reform group leader George Friend said some residents had been driven out by the noise.

“It’s just the nature of traffic here now. I know people who have sold up at a loss because of the noise. You are losing your quality of life here because of the congestion,” Mr Friend said.

A spokesperson for Police Minister Mark Ryan said officers conducted regular patrols on hooning hot spots.

Residents were encouraged to report hooning offences to the 13 HOON Hotline.