Tough new laws for street racing Monday, 11 October 2010 Street racers in South Australia face tough penalties with the passing of new laws. The legislation under the Statutes Amendment (Driving Offences) Act 2010 lifts illegal street racing on our streets from being a traffic offence to a criminal offence. Key points of the new laws: -a maximum penalty of up to three years jail and one year�s loss of licence for the basic offence of street racing -a subsequent street racing offence will attract a maximum penalty of five years jail and a minimum loss of licence for three years -if an offender causes death or serious harm while street racing, they�ll now face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment -anyone who promotes or assists in staging a street race will also be subject to these tough new laws. Driving hoons pose a danger to themselves, to their passengers, other road users and pedestrians. Under the new laws they will be treated as serious criminals. thoughts?

stupid, as while speed is a major factor in most crashes. street racing is to blame for less than 1%. oh but dont worry if you crash your modified car speeding or not the news will sure say you were involved in a drag race.

soon, taking a breath, will become some sort of offence

Define whats street racing though? Like blocked off roads, F&F style or me getting to 80km/h in the slip lane really quickly on a tuesday afternoon lol? too many shades of grey.

If I see Mike Rann on the street i'm going to punch that fuckers head off, build us a drag strip you faggot. Just a whole lot of scaremongering anyway. No minimum sentence and will probably just end up with a whole bunch of suspended sentences for first offences. Might cop 6 months or something if you have previous driving convictions.

Quote: Originally Posted by BoYwOnDeR [View Post] -if an offender causes death or serious harm while street racing, they�ll now face a maximum penalty of life imprisonment but if someone murders someone one with the intent to kill and charged with manslaugther they usually get what 20 years? how does that work.

Quote: Originally Posted by RVK 355 [View Post] but if someone murders someone one with the intent to kill and charged with manslaugther they usually get what 20 years? how does that work. hmmm,that would probably be a murder charge not manslaughter note is says the maximum is life if someone is killed, not unreasonable to me or most people i'd suggest how hard is it to not race someone on the road ---------- Post added 12-10-10 at 19:34 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by MD's87TT [View Post] stupid, as while speed is a major factor in most crashes. street racing is to blame for less than 1%. oh but dont worry if you crash your modified car speeding or not the news will sure say you were involved in a drag race. I note your signature Quote: when the red drops, the bull5h1t stops. with both amusement and amazement considering your comment

Australian laws aren't equal. You would need 10 drink driving convictions just to lose your license and cop some pick up paper duties or painting over some graffiti, yet you speed off from a traffic light (not necessarily breaking a speed limit) and you face jail time. There's already laws to make street racing illegal... use them for good use instead of political point scoring.

i remeber the old days when most offences were just fines lol...... i know if you get caught 2-3 times driving disqaulified your up for 6weeks jail.get caught again thats 3 months again you can double that

I honestly dont know what to say. This is so fuuckkin stupid

Quote: Originally Posted by TURBZ [View Post] If I see Mike Rann on the street i'm going to punch that fuckers head off, build us a drag strip you faggot. yep build a track in adelaide for f*** sake