AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2007
NSW: Racing hoons face tougher penalties under new laws
SYDNEY, Dec 4 AAP - Drivers who race their cars and do burnouts face tougher penalties
including jail time under new laws from the NSW government.
The hoons will be stripped of their licences for up to 12 months and will see fines
triple under new penalties for these offences, News Limited newspapers report.
Offenders caught a second time face a prison term of up to nine months.
Under current laws, hoons can be jailed only if their second offence is more serious
-- such as colliding with another car or injuring a person.
Police will be given the power to strip licences on the spot and offenders can be taken
off the road for 12 months.
Fines will be increased up to $3,300 for street racing and performing aggravated burnouts
or doughnuts.
"Car hoons will not only face losing their vehicles but also their liberty," NSW Police
Minister David Campbell told News Ltd.
"There is a very clear message to hoons that if they want to put lives at risk on our
roads, they will face being locked up."
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KEYWORD: HOONS
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