By YASEMIN TALAT
POLICE nabbed three hoon drivers and impounded their vehicles within three hours last Thursday night.
Two motorcyclists in Altona North allegedly began racing down Grieve Parade and were detected doing speeds of 141km/h in a 70km/h zone.
The motorcyclists were intercepted by the Hobsons Bay Highway Patrol team.
A 40-year-old man from Airport West and a 35-year-old man from Keilor East both lost their motorcycles under the hoon legislation for 30 days as a result.
The riders will also have to pay $741 to have their vehicles released and will face court for serious traffic offences.
“Once again, I’m at a loss to explain why I’m using the hoon laws to take the vehicles of riders that should know better and adhere to the road rules, especially at this busy and dangerous time of the year,” Leading Senior Constable Norman McDonald said.
Less than three hours later a black Mazda CX7 allegedly drove through a red light in Broadmeadows.
Broadmeadows police intercepted the vehicle that allegedly reached a speed of 190km/h in a 70km/h zone.
A 22-year-old Taylors Lakes man who was driving the vehicle was found to have a suspended licence.
When questioned by police the man allegedly claimed he was just going to get some petrol.
The Mazda was impounded under hoon legislation for 30 days at a cost of $703.
The driver is expected to be charged on summons with driving at a speed dangerous, driving while suspended and disobeying a traffic control signal.
