The page 4 headline in Friday's paper reads "Dobbed hoon loses his car."
Read on for the complete story... then let me know if you have any idea what they are talking about. :-)
Members of the public have helped Alice Springs police deal with their first hoon under controversial new laws. Police, acting on information from witnesses, identified a 26-year-old driver of a Nissan Skyline after reports he had been hooning in the north Stuart Highway near the Head Street turnoff at the weekend.
And yesterday they swooped on his residence and issued him with a notice for a first offence of hooning. His car was impounded for 48 hours.
It was the first time Alice Springs police had acted on information received from the public under new anti-hooning legislation. The laws have been criticized as un-Australian. But Sergeant Conan Robertson said yesterday that he encouraged people to dob in drivers who are hooning.
He said "It's callous of people to ignore hoons participating in a dangerous activity. People who participate in hooning are putting themselves and others at risk."
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In a Nissan Skyline, it's got to be street racing. But what is dob... You guys sure speak funny down there.
ReplyDeleteOK, I give up! What does it all mean?????
ReplyDeleteI think that "dob" is Australian for "drop a dime on", which probably doesn't mean much to them. Just the next week they got another hoon (unclear whether he'd been dobbed) and impounded his car for a couple of days as well. Hooning (according to Wikipedia) is anti-social behaviour (note correct spelling) in a car, generally racing, spinning circles, etc.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha.....I'm loving this.
ReplyDeleteHoon: somebody doing wheelies, tyre spinning, driving too fast etc in a car.
Hooning: the act of doing the above.
Dob: Hmmm, dobbing someone in, is "telling" on them to the authorities. Considered an un-Australian thing to do. Never dob on your mates, or anyone else, lest you become known as a Dobber.
Fun !!