{"id":15493,"date":"2026-05-12T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edrivingcomstg.wpenginepowered.com\/three60\/?p=15493"},"modified":"2026-05-04T17:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:35:27","slug":"minns-government-takes-next-steps-in-car-and-motorcycle-hoon-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/minns-government-takes-next-steps-in-car-and-motorcycle-hoon-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Minns Government takes next steps in car and motorcycle hoon crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early results of a New South Wales (NSW) Government trial of noise camera technology in two cities has provided information about vehicle noise and anti-social driving.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian-first trial was undertaken as part of the government\u2019s work to crack down on car and bike hoons who create unnecessary noise.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the trial which took place in Wollongong and Bayside reveals several trends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noisy driving peaks at night and on weekends, with these periods accounting for the most recorded events.<\/li>\n<li>Driver behaviour such as aggressive acceleration was a factor in all noisy events.<\/li>\n<li>Motorcycles are responsible for around 55% of noise events, despite representing only around 4% of registered vehicles in NSW.<\/li>\n<li>A small cohort of drivers is responsible for a high proportion of noisy events. Of all events, 55% are caused by the same group of vehicles that pass by the noise cameras at different times and days, and sometimes at more than one noise camera location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cHoons who treat our roads like racetracks are not just a nuisance; they\u2019re putting lives at risk,\u201d said Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism, Yasmin Catley:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message is simple: if you\u2019re deliberately driving dangerously on our roads, expect police attention.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NSW Police will continue working with Transport for NSW and the NSW Environment Protection Authority to target this behaviour and hold offenders accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early results of a New South Wales (NSW) Government trial of noise camera technology in two cities has provided information about vehicle noise and anti-social driving. The Australian-first trial was undertaken as part of the government\u2019s work to crack down on car and bike hoons who create unnecessary noise. Data from the trial which took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}