Hoon Laws..

[YPURV4]

I might add that my car look's like a hoon car big wheels, slammed, custom plates,big cooler, loud stereo(some times) and I have had plenty of cops cruz beside me follow me and they havent done me for any thing.

So I guess it all comes down to the cop or the stereotype that the car has been givin e.g. Vl turbo's cops know there hoon cars and highly moded so they will usally pull them up and check for defects, also the rice cars come into this catagory aswell and so dose any car wearing a P plate.

I know when I had my P's in my T I got hasseled all the time but since its come off I have been sweet, I do agree some cops go over the top but hey that's life not every thing can be perfect.

Dont get me wrong I like to have a bit of fun on the road but I always try and be aware of my surrounding's and im responsable for my actions so yes it sucks when you get done but hey that's the risk you take every time you drive like a hoon and im aware of that.

[Cro]

I don't think I've met an arsehole cop out there, and I've been pulled over and fined for a lot of things over my time on the road...however every fine bar my first one was down graded cause I was up front, honest and never layed into the cop about them doing other things..

40 over the limit

Not havign P plates on, downgraded from 30km/h over the limit

Not having P plates on, downgraded from neg driving

15 over the limit, downgraded from 20

Burn out, didn't get impounded

15 over the limit, downgraded from 30 over

I've been let of with many warnings for...

20 over x 3

45 over x 1

15 over x 5

So don't be an arsehole, and you may get off with a warning...

[turbo_nick]

I might pitch in a bit as well, considering I'm somewhat familiar with this topic.

Firstly, headsex, consider yourself lucky. The police have a full legal right to confiscate your car for the first offence, which is then auctioned off and the money becomes state revenue. Having it impounded for 48hrs is not so bad. And it's good to see that the cops weren't arseholes about it, because let's face it - some of them are!

I got done years and years ago when these hoon laws first came in. I pulled out at a set of lights in front of an unmarked cop, went sideways around the corner, dumped a burnout and shot off at about 80kmh in a 60 zone. Luckily I was given my first and final warning, a $356 fine and lost 3 points off my licence. Honestly, I was sh*tting myself because I knew what the laws meant, and the AU was not even a year old back then. However, I was nice to them and they were nice to me in return. They've got the offence noted down on my record and next time I am caught doing burnouts on the street, the car is gone. Gone gone!

We may or may not agree with the laws of this country, but they are there. If I break the law willingly, and get caught, there is only one person to blame - not the premier, or the relevant minister, or the cop - me.

Good to see you're man enough to admit the mistake and cop it on the chin mate! I respect that.

[Kimberley Scott]

Headsex, bad luck mate. nothing is illegal unless you get caught, you got caught and copped it on the chin, good for you. Not only that, but you went out of your way to educate others. For me this is probably the closet I have ever come to to the hoon laws, ie reading your post, so an eye opener from me.

Fat Tony there are asshole in any job, Police, ambos and social workers in my book have the absloute worst job in the world, and an absolute credit to them all. they rarely get thanked, and regulary put up with sh*t.

I do have ever have some some concerns, with the judicial system. How is it, that the judicial system has the ability and right ot take away a person vehicle, or the vehicle the person is driving even if it does not belong to them. This to me has the potential to cause massive financial and personnel hardship. I am not disagreeing that hoons can be dangerous and injur innocent bystanders. But They dont take your vehicle for drink driving, in my opinion a vastly more henious crime. They take your licence, ie driving unlicenced, they dont take your vehicle, they fine you more.

I will not go into how this seems excessive compared to laws governing drugs and assualts.

Scotty

[JBomb3000]

I might pitch in a bit as well, considering I'm somewhat familiar with this topic.

Firstly, headsex, consider yourself lucky. The police have a full legal right to confiscate your car for the first offence, which is then auctioned off and the money becomes state revenue.

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It might work like that in NSW I don't know, but in Vic they can only impound your car for 48 hours on the first offence so he wasn't lucky at all. Second time is a month then on the third time they can sell your car.

Sucks you got done but like you said you did the crime you do the time so to speak, at the end of the day the cops have a job to do and I have found myself that if you treat them with respect it is generally returned.

[EZ2CME]

I do have ever have some some concerns, with the judicial system. How is it, that the judicial system has the ability and right ot take away a person vehicle, or the vehicle the person is driving even if it does not belong to them. This to me has the potential to cause massive financial and personnel hardship. I am not disagreeing that hoons can be dangerous and injur innocent bystanders. But They dont take your vehicle for drink driving, in my opinion a vastly more henious crime. They take your licence, ie driving unlicenced, they dont take your vehicle, they fine you more.

Scotty

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[zedman]

Mean while the cops could have been chasing drug dealers, theives and other bad guys, but it was nice of them to stand there and look after you after like that.

What a joke!

Zedman

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Mean while the cops could have been chasing drug dealers, theives and other bad guys, but it was nice of them to stand there and look after you after like that.

What a joke!

Zedman

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They were chasing the bad guys, someone doing a burnout and driving unsafe. How terrible they went and did there job.

Yeah lets see them go lock up all those pot smoking drug dealers because its more serious than someone who runs a red light while drink driving and kllls a bunch of pedestrians crossing the road.

Traffic enforcement is just important as criminal.

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spot on mate some people have little to no idea how the police work and operate.. they think that every patrol car is out there to chase drug dealers and murderers. The cops have assigned roles and jobs, in saying that, just because a cop is doing RBT, doesn't mean he can't go and police another matter if its popped up or is causing problems. What do you want the cops to do when they see that type of driving behaviour?? turn the other way with their head in the sand and say... "he doesn't look like a drug dealer or a killer, lets pretend we didn't see that"

And out of interest zedman, how do you expect cops to chase up drug dealers?? stop and search every car they see? or every person that "might" look suss?? a lot of investigation has to go into that sort of stuff.. imagine how much time they'd waste stopping and searching everyone who "looked" like a dealer.. a lot more time then pulling some one over for alleged "hoon" driving.

Good on headsex for being open, honest and taking the rap like a man.

Bad luck anyways mate, unfortunately there's a lot of hoon drivers out there and the cops can't get them all, unlucky for you they were in the area

I know that I could have been done a few times no doubt, as I'm sure most on this forum could have too if their luck was up.. we're not angels 100% of the time.

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I understand that they were doing their job, but if the cops wanted to they could have happliy let him off with a stern warning or a fine for excesive noise or something like that. I am sick of the goverment revenue rasing crap that goes on.

For example, how much really has bringing in Double Demerit points saved lives. Road deaths are still the same every year or increasing and it does nothing but raise revenue. They only have them on Long weekends or holidays but the cops patrol 50km zones as they know they will catch people out. Who goes on holidays to a 50km zone street in a local suburb anyway.

Why not bring in a new law for holidays, don't speed and we will give you one point back on your license. No one would speed then.

These laws are band aid fixes, much like the hoon laws. Would they pull over a 90 old guy who was (accidentally) doing a burnout in his Late model camira in the wet, no, they would not.

If I was a cop it would depend on the attitude of the person that I pulled over. If they were nice and honest about what the had done wrong, then he would have a better chance of being let off than some Dick that was being a smart asre about it.

My point is, I am sure that the time they spent waiting around being nice to someone that did a burnout could have been better spent chasing a real criminal.

I will never forget the Police sign that I saw at Kingscross once, it read.

POLICE TARGETING - SEATBELTS.

I am dame sure there was more improtant things to target in Kingscross.

Disclaimer - I am not bitter about being fined or anything like that, haven't had a speeding fine in 10 years and have been in Turbo's the whole time. Just sick of the fact that our taxes pay for this and with the amount of tax I pay I feel I should be able to have my say as to WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING!!!

Zedman.

[SCRIBR]

"POLICE NOW TARGETING - HABIB"

"O come on yleh"

I think the hoon laws do deter people from being silly.. but just worries me if they see a young guy, custom plates, drivin a XR6T ute and its raining and I go sideways, because I am a hopeless driver, who holds onto a gear up to 3k rpm.. will I lose my car 4 48 hrs?

eg. like last night when it was p1ssing down

[jEtONiT]

get off the road

[SCRIBR]

makes me sound like a danger doesnt it.. maybe that's just another reason y I dont need edit