Thread: Punishment for road law breakers????

My thoughts in the other thread.

Isn't it time to get serious and start cruching cars?

How about the Police start basic laws like indicating when changing lanes,
keeping left unless overtaking, just a full on blitz on BASIC RULES.
The more complicated ones should fall into place then.

Well, seeing as I have the unlucky duty of driving the highway from the latrobe valley to the end of the Geelong ring road and beyond, twice a week for work, I've seen numerous cars off the road/crashed, 1 middle age mother of 2, in a Jackaroo, 1 commodore, combined with the remnants off?, 1 mid 80's bongo van into a fence.........heaps more minor accidents, and not one hoon insight, nothing like media propaganda is their

Originally Posted by rovercare

Well, seeing as I have the unlucky duty of driving the highway from the latrobe valley to the end of the Geelong ring road and beyond, twice a week for work, I've seen numerous cars off the road/crashed, 1 middle age mother of 2, in a Jackaroo, 1 commodore, combined with the remnants off?, 1 mid 80's bongo van into a fence.........heaps more minor accidents, and not one hoon insight, nothing like media propaganda is their

You need to do your trip into Dandenong City, via Frankston, Endeavour hills, Ferntree Gully,Carrum Downs, Mill Park, St.kilda, Hampton Park. Streets and not on the main roads. Then have a look at all the Black tyre marks that zig zag and are in circles, these of course were made by responsible drivers, maybe their vehicles just wander a bit at speed because of a bad wheel alignment? A lot of Hoons come out at night, or the wee hours of the morning, it depends on the area. You usually don't see hoons doing burnouts on the middle of the Princes Hwy or in peak hour traffic on the Monash freeway.
But it's easy to turn a blind eye and think all is ok in noddy land.

Originally Posted by It'sNotWorthComplaining!

You need to do your trip into Dandenong City, via Frankston, Endeavour hills, Ferntree Gully,Carrum Downs, Mill Park, St.kilda, Hampton Park. Streets and not on the main roads. Then have a look at all the Black tyre marks that zig zag and are in circles, these of course were made by responsible drivers, maybe their vehicles just wander a bit at speed because of a bad wheel alignment? A lot of Hoons come out at night, or the wee hours of the morning, it depends on the area. You usually don't see hoons doing burnouts on the middle of the Princes Hwy or in peak hour traffic on the Monash freeway.
But it's easy to turn a blind eye and think all is ok in noddy land.

let me get this straight......

your problem isnt the crashes.... but people doing burnouts?

tell me..... how many burnouts lead directly to crashes or fatalities?

Originally Posted by Sprint

let me get this straight......

your problem isnt the crashes.... but people doing burnouts?

tell me..... how many burnouts lead directly to crashes or fatalities?

More than just a couple around here. There was a great one only 200m from home about 14 months ago. Commodore full of knob jockeys thought it would be funny to drift around the last turn before home. Took out a tree, car ended up in someone's front garden only metres from the house, driver spent a good stay in hospital. He was less than 50 metres from his own place. The idiots had burn out marks right outside their house.

I can see Sprints point here very clearly. People are going on about hoons being the problem and causing crashes, which is infact false. Most accidents involve normal people, often under influence of alcohol or drugs, but probablly just as many not. Do we crush all their cars?
Hoons can be a problem with their antics, noise and danger they create doing burnouts and drag racing. I dont believe burnouts are the big problem in this group, but the main contributors are alcohol/drugs and speed.
Absolutelly granted hoons doing burnouts in towns and built up areas is a concern, but I think the media coverage has blown that all out of proportion. Yes ofcourse we attend MVAs that involve hoons, but many times more that involve alcoholics or just normal people that have made an error of judgement. Are they as responsible as a hoon???
A lot depends on the individula circumstance and this clown last week had scant regard for the law or life. Now is that the same e same as a sober person doing a burnout or someone doing 140kmph without any other issues?? Very hard to answer. It seems there is a section of the community out there that are just anti-performance or nice looking car. Most often is is hypocritical highly modified 4x4 owners, 4X4 owners that use them as Torrak Tractors or people with high end cars that think because they own a BMW or Mercedes they are different. That is BS.

Originally Posted by Hymie

How about the Police start basic laws like indicating when changing lanes,
keeping left unless overtaking, just a full on blitz on BASIC RULES.
The more complicated ones should fall into place then.

agree

I drive all day for a living and the lack of road rules on the road and the sate of driving is shocking to say the least. People cut other people up and don't even get me started on round abouts. And then you get idiots , normally in old falcons and comadores driving far too fast and like idiots in cars that look like sheds and i would want to drive around the corner never mind doing crazy fast driving moves. (But maybe thats more QLD becasue we don't have yearly roadworths)