If you drive your car like a “hoon” Shoalhaven Police have a simple message for you - you will be caught.
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Shoalhaven Police have a “hoon hit list” targeting “hoonish” driving behaviour, particularly in the Bay and Basin area, with officers told to apply the full weight of the law against drivers tearing up the streets, risking the safety of nearby residents and passers-by.
“From now on, there will be no more warnings and no discretion applied by our officers...we’ll be throwing the book at them until these antics stop,” said Shoalhaven LAC Chief Inspector Steve Johnson said.
Police started Operation Henson a number of weeks ago targeting “hoonish” driving behaviour.
“We have identified a list of drivers as being the main culprits for dangerous driving in areas such as Sanctuary Point, Basin View, Vincentia and Huskisson,” he said.
“And local police are now targeting these drivers and their associates.
It's only a matter of time before someone is killed or serious injured through this group's hoon driving.
- Chief Inspector Steve Johnson
“Enough is enough. We have had a gutful of arrogant drivers attending clandestine meets and terrorising our community with their illegal activities.
“Hoon is too gentle a word for these offenders, they’re dangerous.
“Both local police and the community have had enough of these dangerous drivers putting the communities safety at risk through their total disregard for traffic laws that keep us safe on our roadways.
“Police are worried that it's only a matter of time before someone is killed or serious injured through this group's hoon driving.”
Our focus is to target the five most dangerous drivers in the Bay and Basin area and their associates.
- Chief Inspector Steve Johnson
Shoalhaven police recently issued multiple traffic infringements to a 23-year-old Bomaderry mother caught doing burnouts in school zones.
“It’s the fourth time she’s been caught ‘hooning’ and driving with defects on her car in recent times, earning herself more than $1500 in fines and the loss of eight demerit points,” Chief Inspector Johnson said.
“We’ve got local roads covered in burn-out marks and the community deserves to be protected.”
Shoalhaven Police want the community to dob in reckless drivers and report any illegal meets.
“At the end of the day, the community is our eyes and ears and in addition to our own patrols, we’ll be relying on the public to tell about any dangerous driving behaviour it sees,” Chief Inspector Johnson said.
There will be no more warnings and no discretion applied by our officers...we’ll be throwing the book at them until these antics stop.
- Chief Inspector Steve Johnson
“Many of these drivers are behind the wheels of unregistered and uninsured vehicles and then they just dump them after they’ve finished their burn-out sessions.
“We’ll be making them accountable for those abandoned cars, including issuing fines.”
Chief Inspector Johnson said the high speed ‘donuts,’ street-racing and other illegal acts pose an unacceptable risk to everyone involved.
“These drivers could easily lose control of their cars and hurt themselves or slam into bystanders,” he said.
We’ll be using everything in our tool kit to detect and deter these drivers from engaging in conduct that’s putting the community as risk.
- Chief Inspector Steve Johnson
Shoalhaven Police warn the drivers are now facing arrest, criminal records, hefty fines and long-term loss of their licences if they don’t heed the warnings and stop the illegal behaviour.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to dangerous driving incidents to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/
Information provided will be treated in the strictest of confidence.