New Hoon Laws Effective 1st July - Vic *Semi Explained*

[all4ford]

Originally Posted by plext

Comparing numbers on lethal activities is equally pointless, the fact is that most people see so called 'hoon' activity as antisocial in the extreme and are sick of it, regardles of whether it has caused 0 deaths or 8 bazillion. The 'Mum and Dad' voters will applaud this one, you can be sure of that.

The "Mum and Dad" voters are the ones I am just down right sick of having look down on me because I drive a V8 on my p's. Sure the car is powerful and when i drive down the road it sounds like im going fast and occassionally I give it a rev to make noise and attract attention. But I also do 40km/h in school zones which is more then I can say for a significant number of parents who pick up/ drop off their kids to school. I also obey other road rules. If revving it up is being a poser or whatever. Big deal, it shouldn't be illegal.

[plext]

Oh but it should.

Nearly anywhere where you are likely to 'attract attention' by pointlessly revving an engine, there will be homes and businesses who should not have unwarranted noise inflicted upon them just to soothe your need to be looked at. It's unfair and unacceptable, which I'm sure you'll conceed if you really think about it.

While it would be possible to state that any given person does not do it often, say perhaps once or twice a given 'cruise' night, the fact that every person who seems to like doing this kind of thing seems to do it at around the same place and time. The sum total is a lot of annoyance for people in the area. Seeing as how you live nearby, I'm thinking Argyle Street on any given Thursday to Saturday night here.

I live close enough to know it happens a lot. I have no kids trying to sleep, nor am I a shift worker, but if I was I can assure you I'd be none too happy with it. I'm not in any way impressed as it is.

All in all, it'd be no different to me sitting in your drive at all hours and revving the hell out of it in the hopes of being noticed, it would be impolite and vastly irritating for anybody nearby.

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by plext

Oh but it should.

Nearly anywhere where you are likely to 'attract attention' by pointlessly revving an engine, there will be homes and businesses who should not have unwarranted noise inflicted upon them just to soothe your need to be looked at. It's unfair and unacceptable, which I'm sure you'll conceed if you really think about it.

While it would be possible to state that any given person does not do it often, say perhaps once or twice a given 'cruise' night, the fact that every person who seems to like doing this kind of thing seems to do it at around the same place and time. The sum total is a lot of annoyance for people in the area. Seeing as how you live nearby, I'm thinking Argyle Street on any given Thursday to Saturday night here.

I live close enough to know it happens a lot. I have no kids trying to sleep, nor am I a shift worker, but if I was I can assure you I'd be none too happy with it. I'm not in any way impressed as it is.

All in all, it'd be no different to me sitting in your drive at all hours and revving the hell out of it in the hopes of being noticed, it would be impolite and vastly irritating for anybody nearby.

can't say i agree with your response there, but i'm not getting into this political debate - i just wanted to respond as your avatar is a copy of the painting i have hanging behind my head and it's FREAKING ME OUT.

[shane3]

Had fun this morning (5.50 AM) going into Ringwood were the road works are, It's a marked 40km/h zone and I was able to follow the cops threw the 40 zone at 90km/h, the cops were in a holden crew cab divy van, in the far left lane and I was 4 car lenths back in the right hand lane, now if it had been the other way around I would have my car inpounded by now.

Originally Posted by xbgs351

Police have unfairly targetted Muscle cars before at events such as Springnats, where trailered cars have been issued with canaries. Why should we expect things to be any different with these new laws?

NO CAR HAS EVER BEEN PROVED TO HAVE BEEN CANARIED ON A TRAILER EVER I REPETE EVER AT SPRINGNATS!!!!!!!!! ing_sm

[[Tonko]]

Originally Posted by addo

NO CAR HAS EVER BEEN PROVED TO HAVE BEEN CANARIED ON A TRAILER EVER I REPETE EVER AT SPRINGNATS!!!!!!!!! ing_sm

why? i repeat why? because you say so? so you have all the stats on the hundreds of canaries that are given out at springnats do you?
mate, im local there is alot of dodginess goin on at springnats...

[XA-Coupe]

Originally Posted by Tonko351

why? i repeat why? because you say so? so you have all the stats on the hundreds of canaries that are given out at springnats do you?
mate, im local there is alot of dodginess goin on at springnats...

umm, he would know