A hoon is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner. Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, or screeching tyres. Those commonly identified as being involved in hooning are young and predominantly male drivers in the age range of 17 to 25 years.
About Hoon in brief
A hoon, in Australia and New Zealand, is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner. Hoon activities can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, or screeching tyres. Those commonly identified as being involved in hooning are young and predominantly male drivers in the age range of 17 to 25 years. The term hoon has obtained a semi-official use in Australia, with police and Governments referring to legislation targeting anti-social driving activity as ‘anti-hoon laws’ Hoon control laws are beginning to be extended to dangerous hoon behaviour using boats and other vessels, particularly jet skis.
The State of Victoria, Australia passed legislation in late 2009 to control hoon activities using recreational vessels. In New South Wales, the word hoon is actually contained in the name of the legislation – the Road Transport Legislation Amendment Act 2008 enacted in July 2008 – which introduced new measures against street racing and increased fines. In South Australia, the relevant legislation is the Criminal Law of Criminal Hoons Act 2007. At the end of 2010, 62 cars had been impounded by the courts. None were worth more than 150 USD.
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