Staff at a Tullamarine business have been forced to finish work earlier each night because they’re intimidated by reckless hoon activity from as early as 6pm.
As Star Weekly revealed this week, up to 400 revheads are gathering in Tullamarine industrial estates on a near weekly basis for illegal street racing.
Two employees from a Tullamarine pet relocation business within an estate off Keilor Park Drive told the Star Weekly hoons were a common sight.
Nicole said the business began closing early six months ago due to lead foot drivers and staff struggling to leave the area because of clogged up roads.
“We can’t work after 7pm now,” she said.
“In the past staff could work beyond 7pm but now the boss wants us all to leave together. Nobody is to be left behind.”
“It starts between six and seven, hoons speeding around the corners without even looking where they’re going.
“There is always skid marks and burnt rubber on this road.
“About six months ago a car hit a tree along this road. I heard the bang and ran out. The car was wrecked but the driver appeared uninjured.”
‘Pretty intimidating’
Danielle said there could be up to 30 and 40 cars gathering on some nights.
“Once it gets dark they come out. It’s pretty intimidating,” she said.
“Staff park in the (business) garage as sometimes you can’t get your car out if you’re parked on the street.”
Another businessman said you could find “5 kilograms of burnt rubber” the night after street drags in one particular hot spot.
A Tullamarine bus mechanic said there were “hundreds” of people in the estate last Wednesday night when teenagers Harley Churchill and Ivana Clonaridis died after careering off the EJ Whitten bridge in a speeding vehicle.
“It starts around 10pm and goes until about 1.30am in the morning,” he said.
“It’s been happening the past six years, at least.”
