Victoria Police Take The Keys On Over 1000 Hoon Cars
The numbers are out: Victoria's police force has locked up more than 1000 vehicles in the first three months of the state's tough new hoon laws.
From July 1, police have had the power to immediately impound hoon vehicles for 30 days, a sign
The numbers are out: Victoria's police force has locked up more than 1000 vehicles in the first three months of the state's tough new hoon laws.
From July 1, police have had the power to immediately impound hoon vehicles for 30 days, a significant increase on the previous two-day period.
Cars and motorbikes alike are filling up impoundment yards across the state, including 709 in metro Melbourne and a further 329 in regional areas.
According to statistics released by Victoria Police today, the vast majority (974) of impounded vehicles were driven by males.
The 18-21 age group proved the most common for hoon drivers, followed by 22 to 25 year-olds and 26 to 29 year-olds. A frightening 13 impoundments were vehicles being driven or ridden by people under 18 years old.
The top offence for impoundments was driving while disqualified/suspended (310 impoundments), followed by excessive speed more than 45km and (240) and improper use of a motor vehicle (239).
A further 54 were for excessive speeding of more than 70km/h over the posted limit.
In the past three months, the youngest motorist to have their car impounded was 14-years-old, while the oldest driver was 85.
Vehicle impoundment statistics
Following data from 1 July to 30 September, 2011
Impoundments by gender
- Female 64
- Male 974
- Grand Total 1038
Impoundments by age
- <18 13
- 18-21 322
- 22-25 283
- 26-29 153
- 30-39 141
- 40-49 71
- 50+ 38
- Unknown 17
- Grand Total 1038
Impoundments by licence type
- Full 430
- Probation 283
- Learner 49
Top Police Service Areas for impoundments
- Brimbank 86
- Hume 47
- Casey 44
- Monash 40
- Bendigo 39
- Mornington Peninsula 37
- Stonnington 33
- Whittlesea 33
- Greater dandenong 32
- Wyndham 32
- Melbourne 28
- Melton 28
- Moreland 27
- Kingston 23
- Frankston 22
- Knox 22
- Benalla 21
- Geelong 21
- Hobsons bay 21
- Cardinia 20
- Darebin 20
Top impoundments by offence type
- Drive whilst Disqualified / Suspended 310
- Excessive Speed >45klm 240
- Improper use of Motor Vehicle 239
Following data from 1 July 2006 to 30 September 2011
Top Police Service Areas for impoundments since hoon laws began
- Hume 875
- Brimbank 772
- Bendigo 641
- Whittlesea 592
- Greater Dandenong 583
- Monash 523
- Moreland 457
- Casey 448
- Frankston 438
- Wyndham 434