{"id":118160,"date":"2023-09-05T14:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=118160"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:23:18","slug":"uk-city-like-a-scene-from-fast-and-furious-as-yobs-race-recklessly-for-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/uk-city-like-a-scene-from-fast-and-furious-as-yobs-race-recklessly-for-likes\/","title":{"rendered":"UK city like a scene from Fast and Furious as yobs race recklessly for likes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reckless drivers are tearing up the streets of a city centre and beyond in an attempt to go viral on Instagram.<\/p>\n
In one video, racers hold their own version of the Fast and the Furious on residential streets, while another duo soar past law-abiding motorists at terrifying speeds.<\/p>\n
In another, filmed from inside a car, one driver bombs it through Birmingham in broad daylight as part of a series of footage being shared on social media.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/b>'Scary' balaclava thugs take over UK town where 'no one seems to give a f***'<\/p>\n
As the wannabe gang of Dom Torettos treat the narrow residential streets of inner-city Birmingham like their own Silverstone, they're coming agonisingly close to parked cars, reports BirminghamLive.<\/p>\n
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One page promises "weekly content" and asks viewers to "send in videos for a feature" with thousands of followers and likes.<\/p>\n
Last year, Ben Corfield, 19, and Liberty Charris, 16, were killed when a car ploughed into a crowd at a car meet in Oldbury, believed to have been organised on Snapchat, leaving their families devastated. <\/p>\n
Ben's heartbroken dad Damian Corfield believes more should be done to close down these social media accounts.<\/p>\n
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Mr Corfield previously told how his family's life had been "destroyed" by Ben's death saying it felt "impossible" to go on.<\/p>\n
"These things are advertised, these car stunts and modifying cars," he said. "Social media, I suppose, is classed as a positive for what they (racers) want to do but for everyone else it's a negative.<\/p>\n
"It's making it look like these things are acceptable in society; that dangerous driving is acceptable, making it look like the police have got no jurisdiction over them. It's reckless."<\/p>\n
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Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook has been contacted about these accounts, but has not responded.<\/p>\n
West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, Simon Foster, has also called on the social media giant to do more.<\/p>\n
It's as these types of accounts blatantly celebrate illegal behaviour which could potentially encourage others to copy their actions and put lives at risk<\/p>\n
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