Unfortunately, the "Speed Kills" campaign is so deeply entrenched (at least in Victoria) that speeding is all the government concentrates on. Only recently has the word "hoon" been absolutely overkilled by the government and sensationalised by the media that it is the new word for all facets of speeding AND wreckless driving (not just the latter, as it should to be).
All it takes is the smallest of chirps and the police will follow you, waiting for you to go that 1 km/h above the accepted threshold then come down like a tonne of bricks and be labelled as a hoon. On top of that, because you have a nice sounding exhaust and actually properly maintain and enjoy the use of your car, they might even try to give you a canary for that modification that has no bearing on the roadworthiness of your car. Don't forget that they will also invest resources into releasing a statement stating what just happened.
What I would like to see, just like many people here, is for these wreckless drivers to take their urges off public roads and onto legal offstreet sites however this brings up another issue as there is currently a lack of those said sites, at least in Victoria there is. If people had access to these sites, I am willing to almost guarantee that incidents of hooning will reduce dramatically and all the hype with the introduction of deterent legislation will subside along with it.
If any level of government is serious about tackling road toll reduction and bringing down high speed infringement incidents then they will certainly assist the public by giving them access to more suitable local sites to do as they please without having to worry about affecting innocent road users and potentially losing their licence.
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