Taskforce Regarder crush cars as police crack down on hoons - including an R33 Skyline and a 180SX! - Sensationalist Headlines

[t]http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/ed9e47d3ea808ccadd81f68e568acb4a?width=650[/t] [quote=Herald Sun]TWO women have been charged following an anti-hoon operation this morning. Early morning warrants were executed in Moorabbin, Bentleigh East, Endeavour Hills and Ferntree Gully as part of an operation led by Taskforce Regarder. Two men were arrested in relation to planning and organising intentional high-risk driving between June and September 2017. A 22-year-old Bentleigh East woman and a 22-year-old Endeavour Hills woman have been charged with conduct endangering serious injury, incitement, hinder police and a number of high risk driving offences. Both women have been bailed to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on March 29. A third person was arrested on October 17 2017. A 21-year-old Endeavour Hills man was charged with multiple counts of reckless conduct endangering persons. He was bailed to appear at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on February 13. [b]It comes as police are on track to crush a record number of hoons’ cars in a crack down on illegal car-meets and menace drivers. The Herald Sun can reveal seven cars were crushed at a Dandenong South car yard last Friday as part of Taskforce Regarder and another is set to be destroyed this week[/b]. Police arrested more than 55 offenders and seized 24 cars since the taskforce was set up to investigate illegal hoon meets across Melbourne in November 2015. The taskforce, made up of a team of detectives, highway patrol members and intelligence officers, works to disrupt hoon gatherings and gather evidence against highly organised offending groups.[/quote] Read the rest of the article at [url]http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/taskforce-regarder-crush-cars-as-police-crack-down-on-hoons/news-story/920e3018c6aa062258f4ffd184e7d94d[/url] Watch the Skyline, 180SX and a Holden Ute get crushed at [url]https://www.facebook.com/7newssydney/videos/10156246805989301/[/url]

Good on them, is crushing cars considered recycling?

Is there no alternative to just scrapping them?

[QUOTE=DormitoryRapier;53077302]Is there no alternative to just scrapping them?[/QUOTE] Some people have suggested auctioning them off, but the point of something like this is deterrence; specifically, deterring the illegal, organised street racing that's been happening in Melbourne. Very important to note that those are the cars being crushed; if you get caught speeding on your commute, your car won't be crushed. If they were auctioned off, it's very possible that a mate of the last owner could snap it up at auction and sell it back to that owner, so the deterrence becomes useless. Instead, the owners have to watch their pride and joy get crushed as punishment for being a reckless moron. And besides, I wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't be auctioned off anyways eg due to illegal modifications or no one wanting to buy a tasteless, riced-up shitbox.

It's a shame the cars had to be destroyed but I fucken hate cunts who put other lives in danger for their own enjoyment. Take it to a track or at the absolute very least stay away from residential areas. [editline]24th January 2018[/editline] oh blue rims fucking ech, ricers have no taste

What a waste. If you auctioned them off the owner would still be massively out of pocket. It's the same financial deterrent.

[QUOTE=download;53077354]What a waste. If you auctioned them off the owner would still be massively out of pocket. It's the same financial deterrent.[/QUOTE] Unless a friend buys the car at the last minute and gives it back to them for cheap. This type of deterrence is more apparent.

[QUOTE=FlandersNed;53077361]Unless a friend buys the car at the last minute and gives it back to them for cheap. This type of deterrence is more apparent.[/QUOTE] They have to spend a lot of money do it. Their friend isn't going to just gift them a car after spending tens of thousands on it.

This makes me scream internally, crushing a car for "street racing" will always be retarded to me.

Yea sell the car, make money for the government. Also does Australia have the same drag strip problems america does? Here people build and buy homes around drag strips, then complain about the noise and shut them down, then complain when organized street racing becomes a problem. If so then use that money to build more strips.

[QUOTE=The Jackal;53077429]This makes me scream internally, crushing a car for "street racing" will always be retarded to me.[/QUOTE] Actually these events are more than just impromptu "street racing", they aren't bogans racing each other off of the lights. They are illegal, highly organised events. The state government is so serious about cracking down on these particular events that [i]spectators[/i] of them can be fined up to $800.

I'm surprised the cars didn't appear to have all their oils/fluids drained before they were crushed. That's some pretty toxic stuff pouring off the side of that truck.

[QUOTE=The Jackal;53077429]This makes me scream internally, crushing a car for "street racing" will always be retarded to me.[/QUOTE] I dont see any issue with it. Dont want your car crushed? Dont street race and put dozens of lives at risk. Honestly they should probably leave the street racers in the cars when they crush them.

[QUOTE=The Jackal;53077429]This makes me scream internally, crushing a car for "street racing" will always be retarded to me.[/QUOTE] I'm in two minds about it myself - Yes, on some level it upsets me to see a well known sports car go to the chopper, but on the other hand: a) They've likely butchered the poor thing from stock into some Frankenstein-esque monster to make it go faster and ruined it. Not going to lie, I love Skylines, but I love the natural look of them, not the tarted up stickers all over the thing with ridiculous looking spoilers and tacky lights and other 'carbage' shit. Sometimes they're actually necessary, but otherwise it's down to an aesthetic preference that doesn't gel with me. b) Fair punishment to deter people from participating in these events and risking people's lives. I guess from the government's point of view, the reason they probably don't want to put the car up for auction is that it'd be seen as them "taking a cut of the action" while still selling a fast, potentially hazardous sports car to someone who could potentially use it to street race again, enabling that behavior and keeping the cycle going. I don't agree with it entirely, but that [I]could[/I] their thoughts on it.

[QUOTE=FlandersNed;53077361]Unless a friend buys the car at the last minute and gives it back to them for cheap. This type of deterrence is more apparent.[/QUOTE] What? That's no different. If a car is valued at, say, $50k and then sold by the government for $50k, it makes no difference to the offender whether they have to get their friend to buy back the car at $50k or if they have to buy a whole new one themselves for $50k. Either way they're out $50k to get their car. The only differences are that the community is losing out on a potential source of revenue that could then be directed to supporting enforcement of anti-racing laws, and that the car is technically still going back to someone. But as long as these cars are readily available and actively in production, it's not like there's a finite supply that they can diminish by crushing it. It just seems pointless.

my zhp is a police auction car however it is bone stock

[QUOTE=catbarf;53077501]What? That's no different. If a car is valued at, say, $50k and then sold by the government for $50k, it makes no difference to the offender whether they have to get their friend to buy back the car at $50k or if they have to buy a whole new one themselves for $50k. Either way they're out $50k to get their car. The only differences are that the community is losing out on a potential source of revenue that could then be directed to supporting enforcement of anti-racing laws, and that the car is technically still going back to someone. But as long as these cars are readily available and actively in production, it's not like there's a finite supply that they can diminish by crushing it. It just seems pointless.[/QUOTE] Know what a good deterrent would be to keep a street racer from just buying another car, or buying his car back? Crushing the car that he put thousands of hours and dollars worth of work into. The jackass might buy another car to modify but he probably won't be doing anymore organized street racing.

It's a pretty big asshole move to crush perfectly good cars. They've already taken them from the racer's possession. Instead of literally flushing money down the toilet they could just say "no you're not getting it back".

"How do we detour street racing after we impound a car that was modified specifically for street racing? Oouu I know. Let's sell the car back to the public so somebody else can buy it and race in it." It's really a no brainer why they are doing this [editline]24th January 2018[/editline] You can cry that it's a waste but what else can they do that won't end up feeding the problem?

As a city tasked with disposing of 24 cars, that likely have multiple safety violations through modifications and would be difficult to take back to stock to safely sell, it would be much simpler and quicker to call a wrecker, haul them to a scrap yard and collect your $300-450 a piece in scrap. A car modified for street racing is likely going to be bought by someone who has a higher likelihood of street racing it again, defeating the whole purpose.

When the government seizes cocaine should they auction it off to other drug dealers so they don't put it to waste?

[QUOTE=highvoltage;53077606]When the government seizes cocaine should they auction it off to other drug dealers so they don't put it to waste?[/QUOTE] they should sell it to the public so they can do cocaine at properly sanctioned racetrack

[QUOTE=highvoltage;53077606]When the government seizes cocaine should they auction it off to other drug dealers so they don't put it to waste?[/QUOTE] Rare & classic cars should not be destroyed just because someone drove them recklessly. What an asinine comparison. I don't personally have much interest in import/tuner cars but Skylines aren't exactly dime a dozen. If the driver cared about the car itself he wouldn't have been street racing it, you aren't making a point to him by crushing it. All you're doing is impacting his wallet.

It's amazing that there are people out there that think every single person that is into modding cars is a street racer. There are hundreds of communities out there that modify cars and operate within the legal realms of safety and racing. Hundreds of communities with members who would love to get their hands on a cheap impounded skyline.

There were enough cars made to not cry about a few getting crushed. It's not like they were stock anyway.

[QUOTE=DiBBs27;53077649]It's amazing that there are people out there that think every single person that is into modding cars is a street racer. There are hundreds of communities out there that modify cars and operate within the legal realms of safety and racing. Hundreds of communities with members who would love to get their hands on a cheap impounded skyline.[/QUOTE] but this targets people who dont operate in legal safe racing

Why not auction the cars overseas? Someone is willing to pay for them

[QUOTE=BF;53077453]Actually these events are more than just impromptu "street racing", they aren't bogans racing each other off of the lights. They are illegal, highly organised events. The state government is so serious about cracking down on these particular events that [i]spectators[/i] of them can be fined up to $800.[/QUOTE] No doubt there's illegal money and stuff going on around it also

They could've just auctioned it off to legal racers though.

[QUOTE=Sleepy Head;53077749]Why not auction the cars overseas? Someone is willing to pay for them[/QUOTE] Things like that take time, and manpower which costs the government money. We're not talking about a collection of extremely valuable early Ferraris owned by a drug kingpin. These are just average tuner cars.