Hoon behaviour — how to let police know

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The Queensland Government has published advice online regarding how to report hoon behaviour.

Hooning is the common word for any antisocial behaviour conducted in a motor vehicle.

There’s a Hoon Online form where people can submit reports.

Hooning activites include, but are not limited to:

  • Illegal street racing
  • Travelling at high speeds
  • Burnout offences
  • Playing loud music from car stereos
  • Speed boat hooning
  • Drink driving.

Hooning includes any number of traffic offences, such as dangerous driving, careless driving, driving without reasonable consideration for other people, driving in a way that makes unnecessary noise or smoke, and racing or conducting speed trials on a public road.

Bundaberg Regional Council roads portfolio councillor Bill Trevor said he was sometimes contacted by ratepayers concerned about hoons.

“I let them know that it’s a police matter,” he said.

“People should take down the registration details of the offending vehicle, call 134666 or report the matter to a local police station.”

Police say that penalties vary for different hooning offences. For example, driving in a way that makes unnecessary noise or smoke carries a maximum fine of 20 penalty units ($2611) while the most serious offences, such as careless driving — also known as driving without due care and attention — or street racing, carry a maximum fine of 40 penalty units ($5222) or six months in jail.

In addition, for specific offences classed as hooning — antisocial behaviour in a motor vehicle — police now have the power to impound, immobilise and confiscate the vehicle being driven when the offence was committed.

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  1. There is one particular vehicle that always screeches its wheels going around the Gahans Road roundabout. Too quick to get its license plate but it is a light greyish coloured ute. Seems to be a daily event.

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