what was his car actually impounded for?
racing?
I havent heard about a loss of license for first offence under the anti hoon legislation.
I thought, for the first offence, the police officer who has sufficent evidence of the suspect committing a hoon offence, has the power to impound the vehicle for 48 hours without a court order.
On the second or subsequent offence, the court may then impound the vehicle for 3 months.