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A minority of dangerous bikers have warranted the wrath of local residents by using Chelsea Bridge as a site for racing and performing stunts.

Locals complain that these bikers turn the bridge into a racetrack on a Friday night between midnight and 03:00 BST. Many have caught such shenanigans happening on videotape.

The problem would appear to be that many of the riders began using the bridge as a place to meet when no one lived nearby, but since then the area has become highly residential with the construction of numerous riverside apartments, BBC News reports.

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Mitchell Feierstein, from Chelsea Bridge Wharf Tenants Association, commented: "I believe there's going to be a huge accident where many people are going to be killed.

"I'm not a killjoy...but I suppose nobody would want this in their own front yard, especially until two or three o'clock in the morning."

Police say they are fully aware of the threat posed in that area by antisocial biking and are fully committed to dealing with it, while Murad Quereshi of the London Assembly called the bike meets a basic transgression of road laws and safety.

The bikers have also received censure from Chris McClean of motorbike garage Supreme Riders, who described them as "a small group of people who want to show off and are giving the rest of us, unfortunately, a bad name".

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