Videos showing dangerous driving easily found on social media

At least one of the young people killed in the crash appears in videos posted on TikTok showing dangerous driving.

From the so-called “teen takeovers” sparking curfews across the United States, to the “blackout challenge” where users choke themselves, viral and occasionally dangerous challenges spurred on by social media have become a draw for some youngsters.

A car driven the wrong way down a major road crashed into a police armed response vehicle, killing seven.

It comes after a devastating collision which led to the deaths of two police officers and five others in Middlesborough

The British government has urged TikTok and other social media platforms to remove videos celebrating dangerous driving

Britain tells TikTok and other platforms to remove videos glorifying dangerous driving after deaths  AP News

The latest dangerous social media trend that ‘gamifies’ deadly driving  CNN

Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them down The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos which depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesb

No 10 urges social media firms to remove videos 'glorifying' dangerous driving  ITVX

Number 10 described the glorification of dangerous driving as ‘utterly disgraceful’ after police officers Tom Clough, 38, and Matthew Blades, 37, were killed in a head-on crash in Teesside on Saturday

No 10 warns social media firms over glorifying dangerous driving  The Times

Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough were killed when a car, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way along a road.

Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough were killed when a car, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way along a road.

Social media companies such as TikTok that they need to "step up" over the “absolutely idiotic” trend where people film themselves driving the wrong way down roads

Car travelling wrong way down dual carriageway crashed head-on into a police vehicle, killing seven

12 dead in UK, Irish 'wrong-side' crashes (AP image)Twelve people have died in less than a week in separate crashes in Britain and Ireland involving vehicles being driven on the wrong side of major roads, with authorities warning that dangerous driving is being encouraged by social media.Seven people, including two ser

12 dead in UK, Ireland 'wrong-side' crashes  Dawn

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