Trixitrine wrote:
I read in the paper the other day that they are going to open up a hotline you can call to dob in hoons.... Im rapt cos there has been soooooo many occasions Ive wanted to pull people up on some real stupid and pointlessly reckless driving.... yes im a dobber ... so be it...
I do wonder tho how they are going to handle the hotline... sorting the pranks from the real stuff? I suppose there'd have to be an enquiry process thatd put people off messing with people they know like ex revenges etc...
That is the problem, people will call for another reason. I used to live in a nice quiet neighborhood and a church wanted to build a drug-rehab centre on 15 acres of bush. Most of my neighbors were against it but I was in favor (I figured that one building with fifteen to thirty kids under supervision on 15 acres was better than a housing estate on 15 acres!)
One of my neighbors didn't like my views so they started making complaints to the police about my driving to get back at me.
So the whole system will be open to abuse.
Don't like Datsuns? Dob them in for dangerous driving.
Don't like doof doof music? Dob them in for dangerous driving.
Don't like Jehovah's Witnesses knocking on the door? Dob them in for dangerous driving.
Where will it end?