The car was picked up by traffic police in an unmarked car after their vehicle was allegedly overtaken by two street racers in Palmerston, registering speeds of 122km/h in a 80km/h zone. Both vehicles were taken by police and their alleged drivers, an 18-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, were issued with notices to appear in court. The cars were seized under street-racing laws. “Both drivers have shown a blatant disregard for the safety of themselves and other road users given both have previously been issued with anti-hooning notices,” the police spokeswoman said.
But the night of hooning action began in earnest at around 6pm when police were called after reports of naked people lurking in a park while a white pick-up tore down the road doing burnouts. A man was driving a white Commodore ute and doing burnouts while three other people were walking naked in the park at the same location. “There were naked people in the park, there were children around and someone was doing burnouts,” Duty Supt Louise Jorgensen said. Police determined the white ute had two male occupants at one point, but it was unclear whether they were clothed.
The vehicle was later seized for hooning with the registered owner denying any knowledge of either the naked people or who was driving, police said. “The members will follow up further to see if they can establish the driver, the naked people and all the children in the vicinity.” Under Territory law, vehicles can be seized if drivers race, engage in speed trials, do burnouts or damage the surface of a public road. A first offence will see a car impounded for 48 hours and between three and six months for a second offence. Any further offences can result in “permanent forfeiture”, police said.
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