Western News: July 18, 2017

8 Tuesday July 18 2017
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WESTERN NEWS
Your Local Views
Readers of the Western
News respond to the article
about Waterloo Business
Park in Islington that has
been used as a race track
Shaun Evans – A purposebuilt
area should be made for
people who want to thrash their
cars and bikes away from residential
areas.
Corie Herd – Get over it, we
pay rego. I bet you would have
done this while you grew up and
don’t deny it, so this isn’t new.
Aaron Cross – How appropriate
is it to be a boy racer
on a planet with dwindling fuel
reserves and global warming?
Selfish irresponsible children is
all they are.
Dean Jon McKenzie – They
shouldn’t leave rubbish around,
but going to an industrial zone
where there aren’t any residents
to relieve their tension like that
should be left alone. They take
away, fence off and patrol any
spots we’d use so of course we’re
going to find elsewhere to do it.
It’s in our DNA.
Cheryl Smith – They don’t
give a toss about the mess and
chaos they cause.
Zane Crofts – It’s a waste
of money to fix roads that don’t
DAMAGE: Tyre marks are a common sight at the Waterloo Business Park. ​
need it but I think they should
have left some parts of red zone
for cars to play on, there really
aren’t many places to go anymore.
Even four-wheel-driving is
hard, you have to drive an hour
out Christchurch to get anywhere
decent to play, everywhere else
is gated off, just a bunch of dead
ends even for motor-cycles. There
is only the Kaiapoi track and not
everyone’s into track riding so
again you’ve got to go far out.
You people, especially guys, are
full of testosterone and need to
get it out. Yes, young people these
days need more respect but also
the council needs to give them
somewhere constructive to have
fun such as Kaikoura. They let
them use the old go kart track
and the boy racers maintain it
themselves and most them stay
off the street to avoid tickets
and respect the community,
otherwise cops will come down
hard and shut down their play
area and if any one does do skids
in stupid spots the boys will hit
them up and told don’t be an
idiot or you’ll ruin it for all of us.
Lee Nicholls – It would be
annoying for the people who
have to clean up. Really just
another reason for them to have
somewhere to do this. People
have done things like this since
the invention of the wheel, it’s
very unlikely to ever go away.
Rachel Roberts – It’s only
a matter of time and those losers
will be caught. Cameras are being
installed as well as prohibited
time zones. About time frankly.
Brenda Te Koeti – As long
as it’s left tidy, it’s better than
causing issues on the streets.
Jan Lowe – I have to drive
distance to go tramping so driving
is the same.
Jon Bradford – Good to
see it being used for multiple
purposes.
Rob Dickinson – That’s a
good use of space then.
Michael Cullen – Good use
of resources.