A P-plate hoon in Victoria has had his car impounded for 48 hours after he was caught travelling at 175km/h in the hail and rain in an unroadworthy, unregistered vehicle.
The 20-year-old man from Ferntree Gully was travelling 75km/h over the speed
Anti-hoon laws in Victoria have just tightened up even further. First-offense hoon drivers will have their cars impounded for 30 days instead of the current 48 hours. The new laws will go into action as of July this year.
Second-time hooners w
The Queensland Police Service will launch a ‘hoon hotline’ next month in an attempt to give the public an easy way to report antisocial behavior on the roads.
Police Minister Neil Roberts confirmed the creation of the service – 13 HOON (134
Lewis Hamilton's attempt to show-off in front of his fans came to end in March, when the Formula 1 driver was caught by Victorian police outside Albert Park during the Australian Formula One Grand Prix doing a burnout in his borrowed Mercedes-Benz C6
Queensland doesn't like hoons. A report released last week shows that Queensland police have impounded 20,336 cars (as of 10/05/10) since the introduction of anti-hoon laws some eight years ago.
Initially the anti-hoon laws targeted drivers ca
It's hard to believe but even the likes of Lewis Hamilton have now experienced the draconian traffic laws in Australia. The former Formula One world champion was tonight caught and charged with hooning in his Mercedes-Benz as he left Albert Park.
Any lingering doubt that Australian governments are exclusively PR driven were put to rest last Friday in Victoria when Tim Holding, Minister for the Transport Accident Commission, announced tough new laws to sell or crush the cars driven by so-calle