Vic's oldest hoon, 79, has car seized

[black as]

A 79-year-old man driving his 1999 Mitsubishi Magna sedan at 160km/h in a 100km/h zone has become Victoria's oldest hoon.

Police said they first spotted him near Kalkee, in Victoria's north-west, driving 160km/h about 1.25pm on Wednesday and finally pulled him over 23km from this sighting in Dooen.

His car will be seized under the hoon law and he will be charged on summons with driving at a dangerous speed and exceeding the speed limit, police said.

Police are dismayed that this is not an isolated incident and only in January nabbed a 78-year-old driving a hotted up Nissan Pulsar allegedly driving 170km/h in a 100km/h zone, in Warragul, east of Melbourne.

Sergeant Harrington said it was disappointing to see that senior members of the community were not leading by example.

"We're sick of hearing people's excuses. To drive at such a high speed is inexcusable, no matter what the circumstances," he said.

"To put people's safety, and your own, at such risk is really just toying with death."

Police have impounded 1,768 vehicles in 2009 and 8,345 since the new legislation was introduced in July 2006:cops:

 

[minux]

Hmm Im confused...since when is speeding being a hoon? Does this mean every person who speeds is a hoon?

Sick of hearing the word hoon. With all these oldies being hoons, it may mean no one will have passengers and everyone will have to drive on their own

 

[Maci]

it may mean no one will have passengers and everyone will have to drive on their own

then there will be MORE hoons , more cars, more idiots behind the wheel instead of passengers.

 

[black as]

Hmm Im confused...since when is speeding being a hoon? Does this mean every person who speeds is a hoon?

Sick of hearing the word hoon. With all these oldies being hoons, it may mean no one will have passengers and everyone will have to drive on their own

So true, the old codger could be a very good driver, so why call him a hoon, speeding yes but hoon "NO"

 

[thestig]

Maybe he was on viagra

Just goes to show that the speed limits on country roads are too low.

Enforcing hoon laws in built up areas is understandable, however I was under the impression that most rural incidents are caused by fatigue. Surely putting the limit up on Highways such as the Hume would decrease the number of accidents, by reducing exposure to long stints behind the wheel. It's not as if the Hume has any corners on it you can't do safely at high speed.

I would think that we would have to have one of the lowest state speed limits in the world and yet we are part of one of the most sparsely populated countries.

L8r

 

[Philthy]

I know an 80 year old who tells me how his old 99 honda sat so much better on the road at 180k's than his BA or new Accord. I should dob him in and get my name in the paper

 

[Rufus®]

Hmm Im confused...since when is speeding being a hoon? Does this mean every person who speeds is a hoon?

Sick of hearing the word hoon. With all these oldies being hoons, it may mean no one will have passengers and everyone will have to drive on their own

As am i, apparently talking on your phone, drink driving and driving without a seatbelt are all classified as hooning....

Cops nab 216 hoons in less than a day | Breaking News | News.com.au

Of the 216 motorists caught, 14 drivers exceeded the alcohol limit, with the highest reading coming from a probationary driver who returned a reading of 0.206.

Another 85 were caught speeding with 16 exceeding the speed limit by more than 25km. Other offences included 29 drivers using their mobile phones and 20 people not wearing a seatbelt.

How the hell are 20 people expected to wear 1 seatbelt?

 

[jesse3.8]

Hoons are horrific people worse then granny bashing or animal cruelty. True scum. :rofl:

 

[Jesterarts]

Speeding in relation to hooning:

A new threshold will see drivers speeding at 70km/h or more above the limit lose their cars for
three months. Currently, such drivers would have their car impounded for 48 hours for being at
least 45km/h above the limit.
The 48-hour penalty will remain for those speeding by between 45km/h and 70km/h.

Just through I'd clear that up.

 

[D-Man]

not to mention that driving a car with a defect is also hooning!!

be ware! if you do one thing wrong YOUR A HOON..

this hoon thing is soo out of control seriously.

it's similar to the word "Like" in sentences by alot of young people. LIKE SOO OVER USED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!