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Discussion in the hoons and speed camera forums.

YOUNG men commonly feel speeding is okay, but only if they are the one driving, a road safety expert says.

Soames Job, director of the New South Wales Centre for Road Safety, told a Sydney audience the finding was revealed in new research examining the attitudes of NSW drivers towards speeding.

Speaking at the Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Mr Job said speed was by far the biggest single behavioural factor in serious crashes on the state’s roads.
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Discussion in the Australian luxury car forums.

$15m luxury car scam: Dealer arrested

A LUXURY car dealer has been arrested over an alleged $15 million fraud involving dozens of cars including Bentleys, Porsches, Lamborghinis and Ferraris.

Sid Khoury, who owned The European Car Specialist in Croydon until its collapse in April, was charged with 24 fraud-related offences by Burwood detectives yesterday following a seven-month investigation.

Two other men, Danny Bayeh, 35, and Najib Nehme, 32, were also charged, each on 18 counts related to fraud.
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Discussion in the Australian BMW Hoons forums.

High-heeled hoon has her mother’s BMW impounded for 48 hours

A WOMAN in high-heels has blamed a slip of the foot for travelling at more than twice the limit in her mum’s BMW.
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Have your say in the Aussie Hoon car forums.

Mike Rann announces that hoon cars will be crushed

DETAILED UPDATE: Police will be given the power to crush the cars of hoons, the State Government has announced.

Premier Mike Rann has today announced the police commissioner will be able to direct the Sheriff to destroy cars that have been forfeited.

Discussion in the Australian safety camera forums.

$50m Victoria speed camera blitz aimed to lower road carnage

LEADFOOT motorists face a massive crackdown, with a phalanx of extra fixed and mobile speed cameras to be deployed within weeks.

In the biggest expansion of Victoria’s speed-trap network since the late 1980s, 31 new fixed cameras will be erected and another 22 existing sites upgraded.

And mobile cameras will be snapping away for an extra 3000 hours a month a 50 per cent increase on current hours.

Have your say in the Australian Ferrari Hoon forums.

WA police impound $475k Ferrari California near Toodyay

A PERTH motoring writer has been nabbed allegedly doing twice the speed limit in a rare Ferrari worth nearly $500,000.

Police have impounded the rare Ferrari California being driven by Financial Review motoring writer Rod Easdown.

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Please check the thread in the Australian Ferrari discussion forums for the latest information or if you have some info, thanks.

Discussion in the Australian Revenue Raising forums:
http://aussieexotics.com/forum/cars/a-losing-battle-t987.0.html;msg62666#msg62666

Minister for Roads Michael Daley announced the new demerit point scheme would be introduced on 1 July 2009 to make the system fairer for motorists and our roads safer for the entire community.

Mr Daley said the RTA had worked in close conjunction with the NSW Police and the State Debt Recovery Office to introduce the new system as quickly as possible.

“When I announced the new system in March of this year, I asked the RTA to make the changes to the demerit point system their number one priority,” he said.

“I’m pleased to announce today that the new demerit point will be introduced on 1 July, two months ahead of schedule.

See more funny greed camera photos here:
http://aussieexotics.com/2009/03/28/funny-speed-camera-photos

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Discussion in the Australian Ferrari forums:
http://aussieexotics.com/forum/ferrari/challenge-stradale-crash-in-melbourne-t1523.0.html;msg57411#msg57411

STEPHEN Retzos had the basic essentials to fulfil most young men’s motoring dreams: the keys to his father’s $250,000 red Ferrari and the green light to take it for a spin.

Unfortunately for the 21-year-old, former Geelong Grammar schoolboy, his dream spun off the road.

Melbourne Magistrates Court heard yesterday that the probationary driver failed to negotiate a sweeping left-hand bend on Batman Avenue about 9pm on May 3 last year.

Retzos lost control of the 2003 360 coupe at an estimated 108 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.
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Discussion in the Australian Ferrari forums:
http://aussieexotics.com/forum/ferrari/fatal-ferrari-challenge-stradale-crash-usa-newport-beach-california-t3840.0.html;msg57277#msg57277

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—An Orange County judge has denied a request to reduce bail for a man charged with vehicular manslaughter and other counts in the death of a mixed martial arts promoter and founder of the clothing line TapouT.