"Hooning" is a term used in Tasmania and New Zealand to describe careless or reckless driving. The people here use this term to cover most anti-social driving behavior such as racing, tire burnouts, and turning doughnuts.
A couple of years ago, Tasmania introduced new anti-hooning laws. If the police stop you for hooning, your vehicle will be impounded for 30 days. On a second offense the vehicle is impounded for 90 days. After that you get only one last chance. On a 3rd offense the court seizes your vehicle and crushes it.
It should be noted that the number of offenses are attached to the vehicle and not the driver. If your friend our child borrows the car and gets stopped it counts as an offense against your vehicle.
The police officers I rode with here said that the new laws have reduced the undesirable driving offenses drastically.
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