A gang of feral youths are terrorising taxi drivers by jumping onto their moving cars, with cabbies considering a boycott of the town centre.
Police were called to the Waterfront Bus Station in Chatham, Kent on Monday after drivers were allegedly assaulted.
Yobs on bikes targeted taxis, jumping on their bonnets and preventing them from moving, before officers imposed a dispersal order.
Footage has emerged showing the youths, dressed in all black, clinging onto a white car’s roof while it travels along the busy road from the Pentagon shopping centre and up Waterfront Way.
Shocked bystanders watch on as the vehicle passes a series of large buses, with the yobs still hanging onto it.
One suddenly falls off the back of the car and onto the road, before sprinting after the vehicle – and his friend who remains on top of it.
He then gives up and runs in the opposite direction to the car and back towards the person filming the alarming incident.
The scene was met with screams from some members of the watching crowd, while others laughed at the bizarre spectacle.
A gang of feral youths are terrorising taxi drivers in Chatham, Kent by jumping onto their moving cars, with cabbies considering a boycott of the town centre
The video has been shared widely online since it was first posted.
It is believed that one taxi driver was injured and taken to hospital during the incident.
Others are now considering boycotting the town centre over fears for their safety and damage to their vehicles following a spate of similar incidents.
Nigel Jackson, chairman of Medway Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, described the spate of thuggery as ‘very disturbing’.
He said: ‘I have been made aware of four incidents, and the police have been informed.
‘Let’s hope that they will be reviewing CCTV and these feral young kids will be brought to account.’
Mr Jackson added: ‘It’s very unfair. Our drivers already get abuse, especially racial abuse as well as physical abuse.
‘They are just doing their job.
‘They have a duty of care to our customers to get them safely from A to B.
Footage has emerged showing the youths, dressed in all black, clinging onto a white car’s roof while it travels along the busy road from the Pentagon shopping centre and up Waterfront Way
‘If their vehicle is damaged, they are out of action, and this is their livelihood.’
A police spokesman said: ‘We were made aware of a disturbance near to Waterfront Bus Station in Chatham shortly after 7pm on Monday (September 22), where it is alleged that a group of teenagers were behaving in an antisocial manner and preventing taxis and buses from moving safely around the area.
‘Two drivers were reportedly assaulted.
‘Officers attended, and a dispersal order was put in place while enquiries into the incident are ongoing.’
