A bylaw prohibiting "cruising" in Dunedin's streets will probably be considered by the Dunedin City Council's infrastructure services committee after new boy-racer law comes in to effect on December 1.
But even if the committee does recommend a bylaw it would have to be approved by the full council and it would be months before it would be introduced, committee chairman Cr Andrew Noone said.
The Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill gives local councils the authority to make bylaws to prohibit cruising - defined in the Bill as repeated circling of the same section of road in a manner that draws attention to the power or noise of a vehicle.
It also gives police more power to deal with illegally modified and noisy cars.
The so-called boy-racer Bill was one of two pieces of legislation dealing with boy-racers passed in Parliament last week.
The other Bill passed means that from December anyone caught street racing three times in four years will have their vehicle crushed.
