Noisy nuisance: Australia's car hoon epidemic

Australian Community Media

They're an unwelcome soundtrack among Aussie neighbourhoods, but one state has cracked down on car hoons with the country's strictest anti-hoon laws yet.

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00:00 Skidding tyres, ear splitting revs and smoke shrouds are the unwelcome soundtrack of carhoons

00:09 plaguing Aussie communities.

00:11 It's just got worse and worse and it's every night of the week.

00:15 A carhoon is someone who deliberately drives their vehicle in a dangerous manner, damaging

00:20 roads and disrupting neighbourhoods.

00:24 Stats show young blokes aged between 17 and 25 are the usual demographic for this show

00:29 of automotive aggression, but what are councils doing about it?

00:33 Queensland have upped the ante with some of the nation's toughest anti-hooning laws.

00:38 New legislation will allow police to charge anyone who takes part in or is even a spectator

00:43 of illegal street racing, drifting and burnout events.

00:46 If you've witnessed a hoon act, contact your local police or speak anonymously to Crime

00:53 Stoppers as every report helps build a case for councils.

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