By NATALIE GALLENTI-BREKALO
A MELTON father has been criticised by police for teaching his eight and 12-year-old sons to “hoon” in a car.
Media reports surfaced last week surrounding a video posted on YouTube showing car enthusiast Sam Surace with his eldest son Brandon driving on the family’s property and smoking up the tyres on one of their “muscle” cars.
In the video Mr Surace defended his actions and said there is a “right place and right time” to do burnouts and skids and said his family had “fun in the car on private property or at a closed circuit event”.
“The sport is a burnout sport where we have fun with our cars, it is probably a safer sport than taking your kids hunting where a gun can accidentally discharge or taking your kids fishing where they could go overboard.
“We’re just having fun with my family.
“They say when the kids get their learners they should have 120 hours of driving experience, well my kids will have 10 years of driving experience … it’s good parenting.”
However members of the Victoria Police State Highway Patrol have slammed the father’s actions and said the cars could be impounded for hoon offences, including improper use and intentional loss of traction, regardless if they were committed on private property or public roads.
