Victoria's anti-hoon legislation and policing methods used to prevent hooning behaviour.

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Perry, S.
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Abstract

The Victoria Police (VicPol) has developed a range of strategies and enforcement programs to target individuals and groups who persist in driving vehicles in a manner that creates unnecessary risk to other road users. This group, typically referred to as hoons, tend to perform organised illegal street racing activities in vehicles that are often defective and unroadworthy. This paper provides an overview of the provisions of Victoria's Anti-Hoon Legislation introduced on 1 July 2006 and a statistical summary of the extent and severity of the hooning problem in Victoria. The effectiveness of the VicPol response to enforcement and targeting of anti-social driving behaviour is also be outlined. Furthermore, an overview of the objectives and outcomes of Operation DRAG-SAFE and other similar problem-oriented policing methods used to prevent street racing in Victoria is presented, along with a discussion of the Hoon Hotline Database in monitoring anti-social driving behaviour. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E216178.

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C 48379 (In: C 48335 [electronic version only]) /83 / ITRD E216131
Source

In: [Proceedings of the] 2007 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 17th-19th October 2007, 9 p.

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