Comments on: Victoria Police ‘hoon’ blitz starts tonight

By: Anthraxx66

Anthraxx66 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:09:03 +0000

Let’s hope the Courts back up the good work done!

By: Anthraxx66

Anthraxx66 — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:05:55 +0000

I agree Albert. I cover around 50,000 k’s per year for work and pleasure (Camry for work, Triumph Tiger for pleasure). The police are conspicuous by their absence.

Speed Cameras make lots of cash and catch people speeding, but nothing else. Police presence DETERS drivers from doing the wrong thing.

Deterrance is the far preferable option.

By: Minnow

Minnow — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:43:49 +0000

Some of those modifications are done on the cheap, ie putting bigger rims on hubs with different off sets, hubs that are too large for the rim so there isnt enough metal around the stud, putting oversize spacers.. etc Noisy blow off valves, exhausts that are so loud they sound like 3 lawnmowers running at once, police are aware of this so as soon as you start modifying your car it catches the cops eye and they have to check it because there are young kids out there that do what i just stated with the same intention as you but doing it on the cheap. As soon as you start modifying your car your going to get hindered by the police. Besides your import, holden utes on super low springs are most likely to be targeted. Any vehicle that falls under this category will be targeted just most of the time its an import. So as long as your heavily modified import passes the pits and you dont go and put the illegal modifications back after passing your good as gold otherwise put up with it because the cops are looking for the 19year old with a skyline/200sx/supra modding his ride on the cheap.

By: import driver

import driver — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:16:24 +0000

so can we all agree that this john bloke is a gigantic noob that got pwnt

By: annoyed

annoyed — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:29:38 +0000

I love how the general public love ganging up on the minority, all arabics are now terrorists and all import drivers are hoons. OF COURSE. Now lets let the government introduce laws impeding our rights to get rid of these people!!!
I drive like a gran on the roads and save it for track. Yet im afraid of the police purely because of the car i drive. Its easy enough for a footy fan to buy a pair a boots and a ball and go to practicularly any park to have a kick a round, but, if your a motorsports fan you have to shell out for a car, and wait for the track days which are only once every 2 months or so if you dont want to go interstate. NOt all of us can afford a second car so we drive RWC import cars on the streets and even then we’re treated like dirt.
I like to see how youre reacting when you get pulled over in you camry or something and get dicked for something outragous, slapped with a fine and get labelled a cancer causing hoon.

By: Streeter

Streeter — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:20:16 +0000

discretion is a bastard of a thing when placed in the hands of someone with authority

By: DesignEng©™

DesignEng©™ — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:13:56 +0000

Nothing wrong with modified cars (imports or otherwise). I drove modified cars for many, many years.
Where the problem lies is the mods that go beyond the law and reason, and the inability of the cops to tell the difference.

By: Shark

Shark — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:10:45 +0000

Totally agree with your last post John. Thanks for clarifying that =)

I would especially love it if there were massive polices blitzes in the city targeting violence and misbehaviour.
I tell you now.. I feel so much safer driving a car even knowing that people who are drunk and drugged are on the road, in comparison to walking through the city on a friday or saturday night where I feel as though I have a high chance of getting bashed around every pub I walk past.
Police really need to reassess and prioritise WHAT is going wrong on the roads, WHAT is going wrong on the streets, and start to address these issues, rather than being downwright pigs and targeting people/demographics to raise revenue.

I can only hope the state of policing gets better, Melbourne’s current situation is looking quite dim.

By: John

John — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:00:17 +0000

I apologise for being condescending – I posted in haste, not that that’s an excuse. For the record, I do care that police may target drivers of imported/modified cars. I don’t think that’s fair at all. My original point – poorly made – was that I would be glad to see more police on the roads, to help detect the sort of bad driving that speed cameras don’t.

By: Shark

Shark — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:31:07 +0000

Exactly right John. Your whole statement “To me, a blitz says nothing about the police targeting certain cars – though I’m sure they probably do.” is an absolute contradiction.

So am I right in saying you now know and infact assume police target certain cars, but you don’t care about this at all?
See, the thing you fail to understand is that the emphasis of this blitz is on ‘defecting cars’ and ‘taking drunks off the road,’ and these factors are completely disproportionate to ‘catching people on their mobile phone.’
I completely agree with cracking down on drunk/drugged drives.. drivers who show no understanding of road rules. However this is not the case, and judging by the your contradictory statement, you know this very well, yet you don’t care.

And when you say “Blitzes allow police to target individual drivers” .. well that statement barely holds any grounds to your argument.
Infact it’s the complete opposite.
Blitzes infact allow police to target certain demographics or cars and car types to raise revenue for the state and federal government.
These car types are ‘modified cars,’ hence why there is such an emphasis on defecting vehicles.. because it raises so much revenue. And YES .. it is “drive a modified car, get a fine.” So much for policing the safety of our roads.
Why else would Operation Ardents main emphasis be on ‘hoons.’ Because the general demographic is “anyone who owns an import is a hoon,” which is an utterly disgraceful way of thinking.