Thursday, 9 June 2022

Attwood hoon driving

Mr ONDARCHIE (Northern Metropolitan) (18:17): (1978) My adjournment matter tonight is for the Minister for Police. The people of Attwood are concerned about dangerous hooning on their roads. Hooning and antisocial behaviour on our roads are dangerous for pedestrians and for other motorists, including the perpetrators themselves. I recently invited the people of Attwood to complete a community survey, and I am thankful to the many, many that responded to my survey. It has been reported through those surveys that hoon drivers and antisocial road rage drivers are giving young learner drivers a hard time in those new estates. They are honking, they are tailgating, they are overtaking dangerously. This behaviour has just got to stop. There is a reason that L-plates are displayed—to help these young people learn how to drive without the harassment they are getting from these antisocial activities and these hoons. The action that I seek from the minister is for the government to commit extra police patrols in the Attwood area to deter hoon driving on Mickleham Road, because Attwood residents really care for their suburb and they deserve a safer area for themselves and their families.