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Old 05-10-2005, 09:36 AM   #22
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I assume most of our states now have anti-hoon laws similar to NSW? I know SA does, a friend was telling me how he confiscated his forst car under the new laws the other week...

If you look at the rules, there's a plethora of things they can do you for. i.e. it is illegal to perform any sort of driver/car/component performance testing ona public road (says he with a G-tech stuck to the windscreen, lol).

There's no point asking "what is pulling away from the lights too quick?". It's a subjective law and is based on the opinion of the witnessing police officer.

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cant believe you people rabbiting on, like you actually believe "every k over is a killer" do you really think each and every road is tested thoroughly and the posted speed limit is right on the ragged bleeding edge of each and every vehicles' performance envelope, with absolutely no margin for error no matter what the prevailing traffic, weather and road conditions are?
You ask any police officer - ANY police officer, what percentage of accidents have speed as a determining factor. It makes the DUI crowd look like saints.

How would you like the laws to look? "Everyone do 60 except Rollin because he knows all the roads and has a really good car". Come off it. You carry on like you have the RIGHT to drive how you please - make no mistake, driving on a public road is a privelledge.

They have to draw a line in the sand somewhere and they have to enforce it. Our limits are where the line has been drawn.

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and this bulls*** the government is feeding us: "speeding = death" is just justification for them to put speed cameras on every road and reap the millions of dollars a week in revenue, making it look like they actually can balance the books.
Well ask someone whos daughter was killed because her ****stain boyfriend thought it would be really cool to take the falcon/commodore/skyline/whatever to the end of the speedo. Ask my mate from high school about the time a car couldnt pull up from 70 in a 60 zone at a pedestrian crossing and smashed his old man's head open. If he'd pulled up 5metres earlier that guy would still have a father.

Once again, i ask how the laws should be written? "Everyone do 60 except Rollin because 'that will never happen to him'" ??

Wah wah wah, it's all just a government consipiracy to raise money.

Grow up. You arent born with a natural right to drive on our roads at whatever speed so pleases you. Driving is a priveledge. There are rules.

Get over it.
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