S A Police can now crush your car..

pottery beige · 02-12-2009, 06:07 PM

Ok sorry i can't post a link but it's on the 'adelaide now' website.. It look's like our gumbyment has given the S A police the power to confiscate and crush car's.. Refering to 'hoon's' that is now i'm not a hoon i am a car enthusiast and hearing that police with their incredible power's of discretion can have this power over one's pride and joy posession is a worry.. I have been threatened with a flat bed truck over bugger all before, so where do we sit if a couple of these 'bugger all' incident's add up.. Grrrrr..

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Franco Cozzo · 02-12-2009, 06:14 PM

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/s...4-2682,00.html

FPV8U · 02-12-2009, 06:21 PM

Love how every government is more than happy with enforce hoon legislation without any financial resources going into motor sport complexes.

I agree with Hoon Laws as it does help with some real D***'s on our streets, but they also must realise to truly have the right to come down on someone like a ton of Bricks, then you should be offering an alternative.

Sort of like giving a three strikes till the death penalty for Binge drinkers without supporting rehab programs.

playtime141618 · 02-12-2009, 06:23 PM

Yeah well what do we expect, our licence plates should read “SA the Police State”

pottery beige · 02-12-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by FPV8U

Love how every government is more than happy with enforce hoon legislation without any financial resources going into motor sport complexes.

I agree with Hoon Laws as it does help with some real D***'s on our streets, but they also must realise to truly have the right to come down on someone like a ton of Bricks, then you should be offering an alternative.

Sort of like giving a three strikes till the death penalty for Binge drinkers without supporting rehab programs.

seen the article in the front of the latest streetmachine??.. Some of the quote's from our current gumbyment.. 'A motorsport complex will only encourage hoon behaviour'.. This is what we're up against in S A.. I am like alot of other's a fair bit of money tied up in my car's and get a bit peed off being lumped in with some dh in his $50 VN with steelies on the back..

carnige · 02-12-2009, 07:08 PM

i do agry with it... the last laws were crap. but crushing the cars will help i think.

my vue is there are car enthusiast and hoons. im a car enthusiast i respect the car and the engineering behind it. i respect the other cars on the road, and only open up my car on the trak.

hoons have no respect. the go out do burn outs down the street drag any car they see untill they blow the car up, then they go out and get a new car and repeat...

Biggav · 02-12-2009, 07:16 PM

hoons are what you seen in stories on quality programing like ACA and TT

enthusiasts are what you see @ powercruise, motorvation, AFD's ect. for once would love to see a unbiased interview done on these promotions, not a story showing people who are doing the right thing but using the same tar brush as story before just with a different setting.

mind you car crushing might not work as here in WA young guy got car taken away, caught driving again got car crushed(different car this time round) then 2 days later get caught riding a unlicened motox bike on the road... some people cant get it can they?

prydey · 02-12-2009, 07:19 PM

it doesn't matter if you are a hoon or not. you already have police on such a power trip with the hoon laws.

if i accelerate without breaking traction and lift off once at the speed limit, i could still be branded a hoon.

like pottery said, even very minor incidents are now being threatened with the hoon label.

dsyfer · 02-12-2009, 07:26 PM

I don't know how they will go, Wouldn't the finance companies would be jumping up and down about crushing cars that are under finance, or leased, or considered an asset against a loan.

pottery beige · 02-12-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by dsyfer

I don't know how they will go, Wouldn't the finance companies would be jumping up and down about crushing cars that are under finance, or leased, or considered an asset against a loan.

True, where do all these variable's sit within the law? i do smell a rat with these law's being pushed through in the last day's of parliament before an election early next year.. And we have already seen this gumbyment's grandstanding against the bikie's and their 'anti association' law's massively fail when challenged in court.

kezzer · 02-12-2009, 09:27 PM

Glad I dont live in SA, I can hoon all I want over here haha

V3RSAC3 · 02-12-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by playtime141618

Yeah well what do we expect, our licence plates should read “SA the Police State”

SA . The Defect State

this is absolute horrid news!. Because I know this will make them even more cocky and I've been classified a "Hoon" before for taking off from lights and not even quick just because my car is loud as. :( this totally sucks!

4Vman · 02-12-2009, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FPV8U

Love how every government is more than happy with enforce hoon legislation without any financial resources going into motor sport complexes.

I agree with Hoon Laws as it does help with some real D***'s on our streets, but they also must realise to truly have the right to come down on someone like a ton of Bricks, then you should be offering an alternative.

Sort of like giving a three strikes till the death penalty for Binge drinkers without supporting rehab programs.

"Hooning" is not motorsport, and shouldnt be confused or linked in any way.....

To say a motorsport complex would reduce hooning is offensive to real motorsport enthusiasts, because you're saying they're related....

GS608 · 02-12-2009, 09:42 PM

Anyone who is seen driving a modern modified car is labeled a hoon..people seem to think the only cars real enthusiasts drive are old muscle...

V3RSAC3 · 02-12-2009, 09:45 PM

Add a P-plate to the equation and you stand no hope to be labled! ...

But what ever we do, with this current scheme of things we can't change it!

**Professor Farnsworth** · 02-12-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kezzer

Glad I dont live in SA, I can hoon all I want over here haha

so, when do you you finish that PHD?

Cheese3 · 02-12-2009, 09:52 PM

Lets be honest here! people are kidding themselfs if they say, i dont speed! everyone enjoys putting the foot down every now and then! i drive my TE once every 3 weeks if that and i enjoy giving it a kick, but i dont run around built up areas hanging out side ways every corner! thats what we should be policing! not the ones entering a 110 zone and put the foot down and get to that speed asap!

And if one of us are caught in the middle of no where doing 200+, you will be running scenarios through your head if you should pull over or keep on going! cause are you going to want them crush your 15k BA turbo/ 30k T-series or 80k XY GT! i doubt it

well just my 2c

pottery beige · 02-12-2009, 09:56 PM

Can see ALOT more high speed chase's going on.. If you were up for a crush that split second decision STAY or GO.. Go would probably be the one of choice for most.

flappist · 02-12-2009, 10:02 PM

Yep this sort of thing always works.

Mandatory life for drugs, police cars machine gunned and people murdered (QLD 1980s not USA)
Mandatory death penalty for rape, all rapes became murder/rapes (only one story then)

Crushing cars WILL lead to road deaths as the runners have nothing to lose (except their lives) and of course the poor buggers they run into (hopefully not a school bus or kindergarten) will be happy that the car that kills/maims them will be crushed.

menil · 02-12-2009, 10:04 PM

the real problem is the defining of hoon is left up to an individual who may or may not have had a good day .

pottery beige · 02-12-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kezzer

Glad I dont live in SA, I can hoon all I want over here haha

Yeah $50 VN's with steelie's on the back are cool as!!

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4Vman · 02-12-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by menil

the real problem is the defining of hoon is left up to an individual who may or may not have had a good day .

The REAL problem is the few D/Heads who ruin it for everyone else....

kezzer · 02-12-2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Professor Farnsworth

so, when do you you finish that PHD?

I finish my law degree next year, not quite a PHD

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I just noticed my ratings went down after that last post... some people have no life

: was meant to be a harmless joke, lighten up ffs

V3RSAC3 · 02-12-2009, 10:18 PM

LOL, only Mods can give you negative status. SOOO, I wouldn't want to pee them off. They are gods LOL

kezzer · 02-12-2009, 10:20 PM

It's a rating system on a ford forum... I'm not at all that fussed, I'm a ford fan because of the ford brand and it's awesome cars.

As long as I'm not breaking any rules, meh, the crushing cars is stupid anyway, should be put towards better use, like selling them off to charity or something

blownv8au · 02-12-2009, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by menil

the real problem is the defining of hoon is left up to an individual who may or may not have had a good day .

thats spot on. i remember about 15 years ago i was riding around with a mate and he took off from the lights quick, no wheel spin and didn't go over 60kph he was pulled over and cautioned for taking off to quick. wtf we said and i have heard of it since no law against it that i'm aware of but maybe it was just his definition of how you should take off,

menil · 02-12-2009, 10:35 PM

would be nice to be able to express an opinion without someone trying to one up you .

**Giant Cranium** · 02-12-2009, 10:37 PM

Most cops unless you p**s( wouldnt let me write what i wanted) them off are reasonable and wont take your car.
After all some are petrol heads themselves.
I have a mate with a 383 lx ss torana who took a highway patrol officer for a spin to get off a speeding fine.

menil · 02-12-2009, 10:38 PM

my point exactly pjm58.If the cop was having a bad day your history or your car is .

Auslandau · 02-12-2009, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by menil

would be nice to be able to express an opinion without someone trying to one up you .

Who was this directed at? ...... you can answer in PM as this thread is finished for obvious reasons.

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