Australian authorities are stepping up their anti-hooning practices as this past Sunday, thirty New South Wales cops raided a car enthusiast gathering at Anzac Parade and Penrhyn Road resulitng in a in a search of 72 vehicles, 39 tickets and 18 vehicle impoundments.
The most prized… loot was a classic Ford Falcon GT muscle car which the owner claims is worth at least $200,000 AUD or about $189,000 USD. And on what grounds may you ask will this poor fella have his car impounded and sold at a government auction? This was his second burnout offense… Come on, this is beyond ridiculous now. -Continued
During the same raid, Aussie cops also impounded another Ford GT, 3 Holden Commodores, a Holden Utility, Holden Torana and a Nissan 200SX for a minimum of three months for violating anti-hoon statutes.
But that doesn’t bother Australian authorities as car impounding is a thriving business Down-Under with the State of Victoria having seized a whopping 3,437 cars between July 2006 and December 2007 generating a nice $1 million net revenue.
And nothing seems to be stopping them. Superintdendent Ron Mason told Australian newspapers that police are determined to stamp out the hoons, who were endangering other motorists with risky driving and unroadworthy cars. “This is not a one off operation. This is ongoing. Whatever day they’re going to be there, we’ll be there. You do the wrong thing and you can expect to pay the consequences”, he said.
Sure some people act dangerously and yes there have to be consequences. But there’s something horribly wrong with a law that allows the impounding and auctioning of a car because its owner was caught a couple of times performing burnouts…
Via: Jalopnik , Source: Thenewspaper