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News Local News News General Confiscation crackdown Confiscation crackdown
BY CHRIS PIPPOS
19/08/2009 10:09:00 AM
VEHICLE confiscation laws will be strengthened, as steering wheel rather than wheel clamps are investigated for use on cars impounded at an offender's home.
Police will soon have the power to confiscate cars for 28 days for the first offence, rather than a week, for excessive speeding, reckless or dangerous driving, evading police, hooning and repeat driving while disqualified.
And there will be no clean slate for such confiscation offences after 12 months has elapsed.
The changes coincide with the release of figures showing Devonport, along with Launceston, topped the list of suburbs for car confiscations in 2008-2009, when 283 vehicles were impounded statewide.
Changes are imminent but the issue of adequate storage space for impounded vehicles still needs to be resolved.
The government and police are keen to clamp the vehicles of hoon drivers on their properties, and steering wheel clamps are now the favoured option.
It would avoid the "nightmare" of an increasing number of confiscated cars exceeding the amount of storage space provided, parliament was told yesterday.
Police Minister Jim Cox said L-platers would also now face vehicle confiscation, with the 28-day confiscation period now applying to anyone detected travelling at 45kmh above the posted speed limit.
"The message to people who choose to put their lives, and the lives of all other road users, at serious risk by driving in a dangerous manner is clear - they will immediately lose their car for a month," Mr Cox said.
"Tasmania will not tolerate such actions on our roads, and confiscating cars of these offenders will send a powerful deterrent to anyone even remotely contemplating such behaviour."
Mr Cox said the 28-day confiscation would also apply to people who tried to avoid being apprehended or intercepted by police, including pulling over and abandoning a vehicle.
News Local News News General Confiscation crackdown Confiscation crackdown
BY CHRIS PIPPOS
19/08/2009 10:09:00 AM
VEHICLE confiscation laws will be strengthened, as steering wheel rather than wheel clamps are investigated for use on cars impounded at an offender's home.
Police will soon have the power to confiscate cars for 28 days for the first offence, rather than a week, for excessive speeding, reckless or dangerous driving, evading police, hooning and repeat driving while disqualified.
And there will be no clean slate for such confiscation offences after 12 months has elapsed.
The changes coincide with the release of figures showing Devonport, along with Launceston, topped the list of suburbs for car confiscations in 2008-2009, when 283 vehicles were impounded statewide.
Changes are imminent but the issue of adequate storage space for impounded vehicles still needs to be resolved.
The government and police are keen to clamp the vehicles of hoon drivers on their properties, and steering wheel clamps are now the favoured option.
It would avoid the "nightmare" of an increasing number of confiscated cars exceeding the amount of storage space provided, parliament was told yesterday.
Police Minister Jim Cox said L-platers would also now face vehicle confiscation, with the 28-day confiscation period now applying to anyone detected travelling at 45kmh above the posted speed limit.
"The message to people who choose to put their lives, and the lives of all other road users, at serious risk by driving in a dangerous manner is clear - they will immediately lose their car for a month," Mr Cox said.
"Tasmania will not tolerate such actions on our roads, and confiscating cars of these offenders will send a powerful deterrent to anyone even remotely contemplating such behaviour."
Mr Cox said the 28-day confiscation would also apply to people who tried to avoid being apprehended or intercepted by police, including pulling over and abandoning a vehicle.
MyM8V8 said:
Not bad for a state that doesn't even have MOT's. Well they didn't last time I was there.
no just canary stickers and the dreaded red ones actually just thinkin about it u have to have a roadworthy certificate when selling ur vahile so it goes over the pits and gets checked out so would be the same thing as an mot
Edited by Drew SS on Thursday 20th August 21:48
Drew SS said:
MyM8V8 said:
Not bad for a state that doesn't even have MOT's. Well they didn't last time I was there.
no just canary stickers and the dreaded red ones actually just thinkin about it u have to have a roadworthy certificate when selling ur vahile so it goes over the pits and gets checked out so would be the same thing as an mot Edited by Drew SS on Thursday 20th August 21:48
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