The Goose of the week award goes to....

[Smitty]

Cops take car off 78-year-old hoon

* Reko Rennie
* January 6, 2009 - 6:48AM

A 78-year-old man has become the oldest Victorian to be penalised under "hoon" laws after police caught him driving at 170km/h on a narrow, winding road in Gippsland.

Baw Baw police caught the man driving a Nissan Pulsar at 170km/h in a 100 km/h zone in Brandy Creek Road, north of Warragul, in Gippsland, at 1.45pm on New Year's Day and immediately impounded the car. The man was following a Nissan Skyline driven by a 36-year-old Canterbury man who also had his car impounded. Both drivers will appear before court where they may receive fines and driver's licence suspensions.

The cost of retrieving the cars from the Warragul impoundment was $600 per vehicle, and both men had to wait until this morning to collect their vehicles.
Previously, the oldest driver to have a car impounded for excessive speed was a 64-year-old Armadale man who drove a Porsche at 110km/h in a 60km/h zone. One 65-year-old and two 67-year-old drivers driving while disqualified have also had cars impounded since the introduction of anti-hoon legislation.

Baw Baw acting Sergeant Carlo Visser said the road that the 78-year-old was hooning on was narrow and winding.
"It is disappointing to see a senior member of our community being so irresponsible. What example does this set for younger drivers?,''acting Sergeant Visser said. "The man expressed to us that he believed he was a skilled driver, and that he races cars.

"But we fail to see how a driver can be competent when they are tearing around roads at 170km/h knowing that other drivers will not be expecting you.
"To put those people's safety - and your own at such risk is really just toying with death.''

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[photomike666]

Whether or not you agree with him speeding, I hope I have that level of vitality if I reach 78

[Daisy]

I must have missed a memo. I understand that doing burnouts and handbrakies - and wheelies and stoppies - like putting on a show for your mates, is "hooning" ... but when did it extend to just driving fast?

[Ratmick]

I must have missed a memo. I understand that doing burnouts and handbrakies - and wheelies and stoppies - like putting on a show for your mates, is "hooning" ... but when did it extend to just driving fast?

Be careful Daisy, you may be convicted of hooning by merely questioning their definition of 'hooning'

Mick

[ducati_paul]

I saw in the local rag this morning that a 84(86?) year old woman has been disqualified from driving until 2099

[ducati_paul]

Haha I just found it, I made a mistake ..... She's banned until 2999
http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/banned-from-driving-until-2999/

[Daisy]

I must have missed a memo. I understand that doing burnouts and handbrakies - and wheelies and stoppies - like putting on a show for your mates, is "hooning" ... but when did it extend to just driving fast?

Be careful Daisy, you may be convicted of hooning by merely questioning their definition of 'hooning'

Mick

Ah, what the hell. I'm probably already on the AFP watchlist for questioning the whole "speed kills" mantra. Must be a lotta 'dead people walking' on that list.

[Frank]

Haha I just found it, I made a mistake ..... She's banned until 2999
http://manly-daily.whereilive.com.au/news/story/banned-from-driving-until-2999/

Grreat she was already banned from driving till 2999, so they added another 1year to her ban.... WTF is going to do, ok I realise she is elderly and gaol time is probably not called for in this instance, but does the judge really think this is going to be any sort of deterant. How about confiscating her car from her and a woping great fine plus the paying to fix the car she hit as well as the usual court costs etc.

[aardvark]

I saw in the local rag this morning that a 84(86?) year old woman has been disqualified from driving until 2099

Is it just me, or does everyone else find it amusing that she's 84 years old and her last name is Relic??

[Daisy]

Must be just you ... not.

[Gosling1]

I saw in the local rag this morning that a 84(86?) year old woman has been disqualified from driving until 2099

Is it just me, or does everyone else find it amusing that she's 84 years old and her last name is Relic??

its not just you mate....

ps - your new Avatar is fucking hypnotic !! It has given me some great ideas for this years Halls Gap run !!!

[aardvark]

ps - your new Avatar is fucking hypnotic !! It has given me some great ideas for this years Halls Gap run !!!

Right, I'm officially scared... and I don't scare easily!!

[mick_dundee]

I must have missed a memo. I understand that doing burnouts and handbrakies - and wheelies and stoppies - like putting on a show for your mates, is "hooning" ... but when did it extend to just driving fast?

Always has Daisy, 26k's over is automatic disqual, 45 over (I think) qualifies as hooning and your bike/car/motorised pushbike wahtever gets impounded, some bloke this week had his taken off him for the 3rd time... some lessons take a while to sink in I guess

[Cwidova]

3 times impoinded = loosing vehicle for good isn't it?

[mike-s]

thats what i heard, though if they do it is another question. oh and Relic, yeah i was laughin too *thumbs in braces*