The move followed complaints from residents about speeding motorists, loud exhausts, dangerous driving and cars congregating in certain areas.
Police and parking wardens joined forces for the blitz in Matlock, Bakewell and Wirksworth.

Derbyshire Dales District Council deployed night-time parking wardens to enforce parking charges at council-run car parks and vehicle examiners checked over modified cars.

Sgt Richard Longville, of Matlock Safer Neighbourhood Team, who organised the operation, on Friday November 6, said officers stopped 43 vehicles and arrested a youth in Wirksworth for driving under the influence of alcohol.

He added: "We have had complaints about young drivers being anti-social and causing problems with cars by hooting horns and committing road traffic offences.

"I was however quite surprised with the amount of offences we did find and the amount of drivers we stopped. Out of the 43 vehicles stopped quite a lot had faults."

Offences picked up included worn tyres, misuse of fog lights, defective exhausts and a motorbike was seized as the rider did not have insurance.

Traffic officers were also on hand to give young drivers advice at the main sites targeted including the new bus station car park in Matlock, Granby Road car park in Bakewell and Wirksworth town centre.

Sgt Longville said: "I think by us having an operation such as this we are letting drivers know that we won't tolerate bad driving or allow vehicles to be on the road that are dangerous.

"At the end of the day, young people like to do their cars up and like to meet up and talk to each other and there is not an issue with that at all.

"The problem comes when cars are modified and it is not done properly and it is not safe, or cars are driven in a dangerous and anti-social manner."

Keith Postlethwaite, district council car parks officer, added: "We have given the police assurance that whenever they have an operation, if we are able to, we will certainly support them again."