Two middle-aged bikers have been prosecuted for travelling at speeds up to 140mph on the Fort Parkway near Spitfire Island.
Anwar Hussain, aged 46, from Kenelm Road, Small Heath, has been ordered to pay £647 in fines and costs, and has been given six penalty points on his driving licence.
Police recorded him racing along the dual carriageway at 138mph alongside Amjad Hussain, from Lyttleton Road in Stechford on Sunday 18th August last year.
Amjad Hussain, also aged 46, also admitted speeding, was given six points, and told to pay £325 in fines and costs at a court hearing earlier this year.
Anwar Hussain pleaded guilty to the offences in court this week. Initially he had denied the charges, but changed his plea. Amjad Hussain pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing.
Audi driver Jonathan Phillips, aged 29 from Beechcroft Park Road in Claverdon, and BMW driver Mohammed Nazeer, aged 30 from Rea Street in Digbeth, were both caught driving in excess of 120mph during the August 18 initiative.
Phillips admitted speeding, was banned from driving for 56 days and told to pay £465 in fines and costs, whilst Nazeer was hit with a £315 demand and had his licence endorsed with six points after being found guilty.
North Birmingham Police Constable Mark Romney led the operation. He said: “Driving at these kinds of speeds is totally unacceptable; it’s dangerous and illegal. They pose a real danger to the public and given the speeds they reach any slight misjudgement can result in a fatal collision.
“Many anti-social drivers have been handed Section 59 notices − legislation designed to tackle driving that causes “alarm, distress or annoyance” − during weekend police blitzes over the last few months.
“The notices see motorists details added to police systems and, should they be caught driving irresponsibly again, they run the risk of having their vehicle seized.”
Around 250 street racers are currently banned from the roads following a major West Midlands Police offensive against dangerous driving on the A47 near Star City.
The operation − in 2012 − saw covert road-side cameras capture footage of motorists racing along the dual carriageway at speeds in excess of 100mph. Last year they were hauled before court and received drive bans of up to two years and fines reaching £2,000.
PC Romney, added: “There are a range of powers at our disposal to combat street racers, including injunctions, traffic calming and Section 59 which is a powerful piece of legislation. It applies not just to speeders but any motorist who drives anti-socially, in convoys, blocking carriageways, slaloming through traffic or unnecessarily sounding horns.
Anyone who witnesses street racing in their neighbourhood is urged to note down the registration number of offenders and report the matter to West Midlands Police on the 101 number.
