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By Simon Benson, State Political Reporter
November 12, 2007 12:00am
CAR hoons will have their vehicles crushed and the video posted on the internet in a bid to deal with the growing defiance of speed obsessed drivers in Sydney.
But first they will have to witness their car destroyed under crash test experiments in RTA labs.
This wreck (pictured) was the result of the lunacy that prevails on the streets of Sydney, destroyed in a high-speed crash in Londonderry.
As four more cars were confiscated at the weekend in drag racing offencesYouTube justice to shame car hoons across Sydney, The Daily Telegraph can reveal Premier Morris Iemma is planning a major offensive against this increasingly reckless - and often fatal - behaviour.
On Saturday night, a P-plater crashed into a tree at high speed in Londonderry. The 20-year-old driver and his 16-year-old passenger suffered multiple fractures and were last night in Nepean Hospital.
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It was what The Daily Telegraph warned in August would continue to happen unless NSW adopt Los Angeles' style laws that not only confiscate cars but destroys them.
Following a campaign sparked by a flood of support from Daily Telegraph readers - in the wake of the deaths of Alan and Judith Howle, allegedly killed by street racers - the Government has agreed to toughen the laws for car hoons.
And if crushing their cars does not change the behaviour of young drivers, the Government will consider posting the entire spectacle on YouTube as an education tool.
"These modified, loud and often illegal vehicles confiscated from car hoons will be smashed to pieces in our crash labs, the results filmed and analysed, and the wrecks shown to other young drivers as a warning," Mr Iemma said.
In four other incidents at the weekend police charged four drivers and confiscated their cars after two street racing incidents in Sydney's southwest.
A 23-year-old P-plate driver and a 23-year-old man were given court attendance notices for street racing at Lansvale and had their cars confiscated.
Two Holden sedans were also seen racing on Victoria St, Wetherill Park, on Saturday night.
Article from:
By Simon Benson, State Political Reporter
November 12, 2007 12:00am
CAR hoons will have their vehicles crushed and the video posted on the internet in a bid to deal with the growing defiance of speed obsessed drivers in Sydney.
But first they will have to witness their car destroyed under crash test experiments in RTA labs.
This wreck (pictured) was the result of the lunacy that prevails on the streets of Sydney, destroyed in a high-speed crash in Londonderry.
As four more cars were confiscated at the weekend in drag racing offencesYouTube justice to shame car hoons across Sydney, The Daily Telegraph can reveal Premier Morris Iemma is planning a major offensive against this increasingly reckless - and often fatal - behaviour.
On Saturday night, a P-plater crashed into a tree at high speed in Londonderry. The 20-year-old driver and his 16-year-old passenger suffered multiple fractures and were last night in Nepean Hospital.
Will street-racing hoons be stopped through "Youtube justice"?. Vote in our poll.
It was what The Daily Telegraph warned in August would continue to happen unless NSW adopt Los Angeles' style laws that not only confiscate cars but destroys them.
Following a campaign sparked by a flood of support from Daily Telegraph readers - in the wake of the deaths of Alan and Judith Howle, allegedly killed by street racers - the Government has agreed to toughen the laws for car hoons.
And if crushing their cars does not change the behaviour of young drivers, the Government will consider posting the entire spectacle on YouTube as an education tool.
"These modified, loud and often illegal vehicles confiscated from car hoons will be smashed to pieces in our crash labs, the results filmed and analysed, and the wrecks shown to other young drivers as a warning," Mr Iemma said.
In four other incidents at the weekend police charged four drivers and confiscated their cars after two street racing incidents in Sydney's southwest.
A 23-year-old P-plate driver and a 23-year-old man were given court attendance notices for street racing at Lansvale and had their cars confiscated.
Two Holden sedans were also seen racing on Victoria St, Wetherill Park, on Saturday night.
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