Australia: Hoon Laws?
Motorcycles Seized Under Hoon LawsWho are the Hoons, you ask? Followers of Atoola? And why are they being persecuted through motorcycle seizure (why not just shoot them, for instance)? I wrote Megan Dolling, the author of this story, so get some clarity. She promptly responded with the following:
Tony,
The hoon laws, as they are commonly known in Western Australia, relate to people who are charged by police for being "a hoon". This sort of behaviour includes spinning wheels, driving more than 30 kilometres above the speed limit, doing wheelies on a motorbike or doughnuts in a car (trying to spin the car around by driving really fast on a loose surface and then pulling on
the handbrake). The laws were only introduced about a year ago and give police the power to seize the vehicle for 24 hours in the first instance or longer for repeat offenders, regardless of whether the offender owns the vehicle.
Hope this clears it up for you.
Regards,
Megan Dolling
Editor
Collie Mail
I'm waiting for a response on a second query on the etymology of "hoon". My guess is that it derives from some drunk mutilation of the term "hooligan".
posted by Tony Wilkie @ 3:53 PM
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