4WD Hoon's

**barryj** · 18th October 2007, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by RichardK

I saw nothing out of the ordinary in that video, with the exception, as mentioned before, of one driver not having the experience that some of the other drivers had had.
Let us remember that we all had to learn and I'm sure all experienced drivers on this forum would have driven in a similar manner at some point.
I am sure that with what I saw there that the inexperienced driver was in good company to learn more about his/her vehicle.

I have experienced "Hoons", or should I say peanut brains who have set out to mash tracks, that was one of the reasons I quit a certain club.

I would suggest the third guy did not learn much due to all the picture taking and giggle. Maybe this shows that some drivers need formal training if they want to tackle those situations.

I know we all had/have to learn as I did but to damage tracks to create a giggle session for the onlookers is what the media thrive on.

**mojo** · 18th October 2007, 07:57 AM

Nothing particularly bad in that vid that I could see - in this case it would seem to be a media beat up, surprise surprise ...

Have no problems with fining real hoons though.

**JohnE** · 18th October 2007, 08:06 AM

saw it on the news last night and am still laughing, the classic beat up, the track they showed with the drop off , saying tankers couldn't get through because it was chopped up, showed a rock ledge drop off, caused by erosion, I suspect this is a ploy for more money,
what was hooning, nothing that i could see,
and the threats to prosecute based on video footage from utube, poses some questions ,
virtually impossible, why?, because a vehicle driving on a track doesn't give a location only shows a track which could be anywhere!

john

**Quiggers** · 18th October 2007, 08:09 AM

It think it was Rupert Murdoch who said:

'Never let the facts get in the road of a good story.'

GQ

RonMcGr · 18th October 2007, 08:18 AM

The video did not look like "Hooning" to me, my like a drive in the country testing out Jap vehicles

Mind you a couple could do with a bit more training in off road driving..

**Cap** · 18th October 2007, 01:58 PM

Now I recon the people who designed the new Hummer should put it through that track...

**discowhite** · 18th October 2007, 03:29 PM

Now I recon the people who designed the new Hummer should put it through that track...

it wouldnt fit now! trust me

cheers phil

**Chenz** · 18th October 2007, 05:44 PM

If that is hooning then I'm never going to drop the clutch at the lights again.

But seriously, I don't see a problem with the type of activity on the enclosed YouTube clip.

The guys I hate are the ones that cut their own tracks and wreck bush and those brain dead morons who have a weekend in the bush and leave cans and stubbies laying around all over the place.

The Yogies are partly to blame by putting in Tank Traps which just encourage the hoons to go around them wrecking even more bush.

I don't have a probem with them fining the $hit out of those you wreck it for everyboby but we need to be careful that we don't give the anti 4WD lobby more ammo to shoot us with.

**muddydigger** · 18th October 2007, 06:02 PM

Can I just say that I am a member of another 4wd forum, and the outrage there is rampant. I myself have drafted and sent a letter to two of the media outlets. I personally have had enough of this misleading journalism and continued barraging of 4wders.

It really is time that 4wders stand up and be counted. I think that the vast majority of this forum who have seen the video footage, will agree that no hooning took place. Yet they continued to say that the drivers were destroying Wombats homes, and the tracks were used by fire trucks, it further added to the insult by saying the Rural fire brigade spend six million dollars a year to maintain those tracks when infact its the local 4wd clubs that clean and maintain the area.

If I may and no one objects I will post a link to the other forum which shows that finally some action is being taken against this sensationalised journalism.

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/phpBB2...p't=122955

**barney** · 18th October 2007, 06:31 PM

the 4wd association public relations guy should be straight onto this. apart from the volunteer track maintenance, there was also the .A.B.U.G. cleanups in the appin area.
admittedly they did mention on the story on channel 7 that the "hoons" are the minority and most 4wders did the right thing.
if it wasn't for the 4wdrivers, most of these tracks would be impassable with trees across them and vegetation overgrowing, blocking the track. look at the problems that came about during some of the major fires in national parks over the last couple of years.

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