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Cops dont make the rules - they just enforce them.

Not so sure about that...

Anyway, hopefully all the vehicle standards will be National soon enough.

Before we all lose faith and respect for the law.

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Been tossing up lately whether or not to sell the Supra and buy a daily + track dedicated car. This is just another reason not to drive a nice car.

Someone really does need to do something. If someone organised a decent protest of some sort I'd certainly show up and support it (so long as it wasn't riot). Just need a well-spoken, clean and confident leader to stand up and say something.

Precisely.

Do you think Jo Bloggs in a 400kw GTR with $40k hanging over his head, knowing his car will be crushed with no re-reimbursement, is going to pull over knowing the consequences? Hell no....

Hamish and I know someone with a 400kw 34 GTR who would stop...moreso he'd be going so slow they would have no problems catching him lol.

Hypothetically.

Hypothetically, people earning 40k a day don't drive 10 year old Skylines...

Most don't drive at all I would say!

most people that get 2 strikes wont ever "hoon" in that car again unless it's a shitbox that they don't care about... however these idiotic, selfishly conceived, short sighted laws WILL result in disaster.

people WILL run, and people WILL crash because of this.

but hey, who cares as long as simon overland and his cronies get their statistics/promotions/payrises :rolleyes:

Is it hooning if you go the speed limit through a roundabout? Had a cop try to own me for doing 60 through one in a 60k zone

To the best of my knowledge, you couldn't be done for speeding because tech it is in a 60 zome. However you could be done for reckless/dangerous driving if the cop thought that you didn't apply due care or had a bit of oppo lock going on.

Hamish and I know someone with a 400kw 34 GTR who would stop...moreso he'd be going so slow they would have no problems catching him lol.

Hypothetically, people earning 40k a day don't drive 10 year old Skylines...

Most don't drive at all I would say!

- they drive a 900rwhp supra here (and heaps of exotic cars)

but hooning in USA is different to AU i guess...

I think that Vic hoon laws are bullshit

Just last night I got pulled over when I got to the front of my house

Turn the car of and bang flashig lights

Wtf !!!!! It's was only a lisence check but I know it was targeted because my daily driver is a commy ( lowered, exhaust and stockies)

And even the turbo law how p platers carnt drive turbos

I've got a gtr and I'm on my red p's

I've never hooned, droped the clutch speed or anything in it

I love the car but the law says no coz they thing I'll be a dickhead in it bullshit I'll just be as carefull in it coz it's my baby. More people hoon and in standard v6's than people who drive turbos

You know what I say f**k this law and the dumb f**ks who make these laws they have no idea what it's like on the road and just stereo tyre young people (except the young idiots they should be punished)

Just my 2 cents lol

It's not just because they think you'll be a dickhead in it, they know people are going to be dickheads in a GTR regardless of their age, but they would rather people with more road experience be in control of that vehicle. No one goes straight into racing Formula cars without a background in karting. It's baby steps. P plater restrictions are a good thing but they are very poorly implemented.

But who are they to say wether young people have experience or not how do they know if some has had experience in the racing industries before they got there lisence

And they only brought out the turbo laws coz of a bunch of idiots doing stupid shit

Just because of these idiots all of the people who are carefull and sensible have to suffer

These stupid law wount stop me from driving my gtr

But who are they to say wether young people have experience or not how do they know if some has had experience in the racing industries before they got there lisence

And they only brought out the turbo laws coz of a bunch of idiots doing stupid shit

Just because of these idiots all of the people who are carefull and sensible have to suffer

These stupid law wount stop me from driving my gtr

love the way you think!

The assumption is that there exists a correlation between years spent driving and experience/attitude...and there does. Yes there will be exceptions, but Vicroads aren't going to case study and review each new solo driver just because some young adults want to drive fast cars. It's easier to blanket ban the cars.

In racing, you have to log hours and complete licences. You step up because the learning curve is too steep to start at the top. Learn the limits and physics in slower cars, the finer parts of racing, before hopping into a fast car. Many people do this and making up for a lack of skill with a fast car that will ultimately have them losing the race because they can't drive said car on its limits without losing contrl. Also, in racing, you're likely to only take yourself out should you have an accident :)

And yeah the law will stop you from driving your GTR! So will insurance if you have a crash while driving it. I know it sucks waiting, but it really is the best thing to do. Everyone else your age is in the same boat...there's plenty of other things to do when you're 18 besides driving a fast car. And yes, just because a few people act up, it ruins things for the sensible people. That's life for you...same reason you have to prove you can be trusted to a girl who's been cheated on! But you saying that you are going to drive your car regardless of what the law says, sort of suggests to me you might have similar disregard for other laws...which is the reason those P plater vehicle restrictions exist in the first place. Jus sayin.

That's true waiting and getting the experience is the best thing but a couple of years ago it was fine and I do follow the p plater resrictor law ( one passenger on red p except for family member or except with a fully lisenced passenger you can have a dull car)

But another thing is that most p platers hoons drive just standard v6s and there the cause of the hoon laws

I follow the road rules at all time but stopping me from driving the car that I love is not going to stop me

Punish the idiots not the sensible people

Is it hooning if you go the speed limit through a roundabout? Had a cop try to own me for doing 60 through one in a 60k zone

I dont know if its hooning but it is speeding, Speed limit thru a controlled intersection, IE: roundabout is 40kph

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