The case in summary: • The police in the Sør-East police district are actively working against a growing car environment in Vestfold and Telemark, known as the “Street meet” environment.• Videos of wild driving have become more widespread, and there are rumors of a separate club for those who drive over 300 km/h.• Traffic officer Henning Ødegaard Johansen denies that the police have lost control, and mentions that they have taken around 30 driving licences, issued driving bans, impounded vehicles and issued many simplified orders. • The county traffic safety committee wants a joint mobilization against the life-threatening speeding game, and asks the Norwegian authorities to allow the police to impound vehicles. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – I am not going to reveal much about how we have been working recently, says the traffic officer at the South-Eastern Police District, Henning Ødegaard Johansen. The police believe they have good control over the growing car environment in Vestfold and Telemark, which they call the “Street meet” environment. Videos of the wild man driving abound on TikTok, and the police have picked up many of them. Some of the films were shown to local politicians and Trygg Trafikk at a conference in Larvik on Wednesday this week. – This is the tip of the iceberg. There are lots of videos where one must outdo the other, with more and more extreme driving, says Adrian Hegge of the Emergency Police in Vestfold. He says that there are rumors of a separate club for people who drive at 300 km/h. To join the club you must have been filmed while exceeding speeds of over 300 km/h. – It is completely unacceptable, says Hegge. Several cars are racing in Hegdal in Larvik. Geir Eriksen Rejects lost battle – This is madness. There are people playing games on our roads, comments police colleague Ødegaard Johansen. He believes the police do what they can to catch those who break the law. – We have taken around 30 driving licences, driving bans for a number of drivers, confiscation of one vehicle, many simplified notices and reviews. The work we do shows results. Henning Johansen, traffic officer in the South-East police district. Photo: Veslemøy Prøis / news UP will continue to be at car meets and follow the environment closely going forward. They experience that the environment is constantly changing and hope more people will get involved. – We hope politicians at national level become aware of this problem. It is not only a local phenomenon, but also a national one, which is allowed to develop with each passing week, says Hegge. Adrian Hegge of the Emergency Police warns of serious accidents on the roads. He means savage driving from a growing car community. Photo: Magnus Iversen / news Wants the police to confiscate vehicles The police get support to crack down on reckless driving from the committee for road safety in the county council. The committee wants a joint mobilization against the life-threatening speeding on the roads in the county. They ask the Norwegian authorities that the police can confiscate vehicles, to show that reckless driving should be avoided. – We are particularly concerned about a negative trend in Vestfold and Telemark, where a so-called Street-meet environment, among other things, uses E-18 for life-threatening games at the expense of law-abiding road users, says committee leader Liselotte Aune Lee.
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The police sound the alarm about cars driving over 300 km/h – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
