A crackdown on hoons has seen one Queenslander’s car defected, while in Victoria a Nissan Skyline track-day car has been impounded.
A Hyundai Getz has been issued with a defect notice after police allege the vehicle was fitted with a steering wheel from a gaming simulator.
Bodycam footage shows an officer pulling over the yellow Hyundai for a vehicle inspection, when the officer realised the factory steering wheel in the highly-modified Getz had been replaced with what is alleged to be a steering wheel used for playing video games.
A man claiming to be the owner took to Facebook to air his disappointment with the outcome, claiming the car was “far from being dangerous”.
“I not [long] before this had lost my job and now because of the cop’s power trip I’m a single parent with no car and this has made life EXTREMELY difficult to get another job because i didn’t have the money to get the defects cleared in time so my rego was cancelled as well,” he wrote on the social media website.
“So thanks [Queensland Police] for making life sooooo much harder for me and my child!!!! Oh and FYI. This footage was shot in the drop off zone at my son’s school!!! As I was dropping him off!!!!”
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The video emerged as Queensland Police released details of a major anti-hoon operation in the state’s south-east, with almost 60 cars impounded, 164 impaired drivers detected, more than 200 unlicensed drivers caught, and 2000 fines issued.
“Our traffic officers have been working closely with intelligence officers as part of Operation Uniform Elderberry in targeting high-risk areas and drivers across the South-East,” Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus said in a statement.
“Police have disrupted various hoon events, seen a vehicle catch fire as a result of hooning and uncovered dangerous modifications such as one vehicle which had its steering wheel replaced with a computer game steering wheel.
“Our officers have come across illegal hooning activity being shared on social media apps like TikTok and impounded vehicles of those responsible,” Assistant Commissioner Marcus said, saying the results of the operation produced significant results.
In Victoria, police have charged a driver and impounded an unregistered Nissan Skyline R34 after the vehicle was seen driving in the early hours of Monday morning.
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The Nissan, which appears to be used in competitive drift events, had driven almost 40 kilometres without headlights, no front or rear bumper bars, and with only one (broken) tail-light.
It also appears as if the Skyline was fitted with an unrestricted modified exhaust and LED work-lights at the front of the vehicle.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with driving while suspended, driving an unregistered vehicle, and failing to have an alcohol interlock fitted. He was fined $1134 and bailed to appear in court, and his vehicle was immediately impounded.
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