Aussie Anti-Hoon Laws Taking Natural Course, Government Wallowing In Cash

Ben Wojdyla — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:40:00 EDT

Eventually, auto enthusiasts of the Australian persuasion will rise up with pitchforks and torches and rebel against their fun-hating government. On Sunday, police in New South Wales descended upon a gathering of motorheads and proceeded to search 72 vehicles, issue 39 tickets and impound 18 vehicle — one of which was a rare $200,000 Ford Falcon GT. This wouldn't be such a huge deal except for that part about the impounding being permanent, and the vehicles being sent to auction, and the proceeds going to government coffers. Adding insult to injury for that Falcon driver, what was the offense? A second burnout ticket.

Look, we have no issue with a government confiscating cars used in the utility of a felony, but when you make driving felonious and profitable for the government, abuse is inevitable. Confiscating private property under weak pretense doesn't sound like the protection of citizens, it seems like a business model. There's a fine line between policing and harassing, and we're not the lawyer types, but this stinks to high heaven. [TheNewspaper]

Opposition Party Against Aussie YouTube Law

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:30:00 EST

As we told you earlier, the New South Wales government is planning on crushing the autos of repeat hoonage-offenders and posting the video on the Internet for said hoons to watch at home. The New South Wales opposition party is against the action, with one official saying "their only answer is to crush cars. That's after the event. That is, after people have actually put their lives and the lives of other motorists and pedestrians at risk." While that may be true, we've been promised Falcon XR8's crashing into SS Utes and we'd be a little displeased if there's not going to be video of that. [AuBC]

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Aussie Anti-Hoon Laws Taking Natural Course, Government Wallowing In Cash

Opposition Party Against Aussie YouTube Law