To be fair the Vic Police have had an Operation going on up in those areas for the past 3 months, might be finished, not too sure.
The funny thing was though from the source... They hadn't "caught" anywhere near as many people as they had anticipated, nor were there actually "as many" people misbehaving up there overall as initially thought.
I think that in itself reasserts to some degree that the whole "hoon" thing really is being blown up in a sensationalist manner by Media, Police & Gov't. As a result communities are over sensitive to it all and basically cry wolf at the drop of a feather due to being wound up so tight.
I mean people driving up through there is nothing new, it's been doing on for 30 years.