Interesting Article On The Hoon Laws.

[CrispyFries]

I did email today tonight.

I dont expect they will help the guy out, but, they might make ACA look very shoddy, unprofessional and sly.

Which, TT and ACA seem to like doing to each other.

While I didn't watch today tonight, I heard their promo for tonight on the way home...

How TopGear is promoting hoon driving

Edit: Just checked the site, the video is there, and yes they used the audition footage.

[MRSAMO]

rocklee if you think ACA has a SHRED of journalistic credibility you're a fool. This isn't an emotional debate, don't turn it into one.

No, you're missing the point completely, and its your emotional bondage towards ACA that makes you think this is all blown out of proportion.

Reread my post and that article. It is merely pointing out that it is an edited video TAKEN OUT OF ITS ORIGINAL CONTEXT and uploaded by TOP GEAR AUSTRALIA. Therefore without further investigation who was to know that it wasn't a cordoned off section of road? Surely Top Gear Aus wouldn't upload a video which they knew to be promoting illegal road behaviour.

You are a complete TV idiot.

The driver was wrong, the driving was wrong, the location was wrong. There is nothing right about any of it at all. I can't believe some homo ramapiticous still think any of it could be justified whatsoever.

[Charles89]

No, you're missing the point completely, and its your emotional bondage towards ACA that makes you think this is all blown out of proportion.

You are a complete TV idiot.

The driver was wrong, the driving was wrong, the location was wrong. There is nothing right about any of it at all. I can't believe some homo ramapiticous still think any of it could be justified whatsoever.

There was, at least he left his number plates on the car, so EPA or the popo's can catch up with him

[HEKT1K]

lol @ Andrew Bolt comments.

At least the guy has the balls to say what the rest of the mainsteam media refuse.

They mainstream media will not/have not reported correctly on...

1. Climate change

2. The "stolen generation"

3. Hoon laws

4. Realistic reasons for "apparent" racial bashings

As just 4 recent topics, there are plenty more. Not one news paper or media outlet in Australia has reported anything other than lies and infactual bullshit about all of those topics.

At least the US news is getting stuck right into the bullshit that is climate change @ their Gov't.

quoted for truth.

those getting stuck into Andrew Bolt, how about you stop playing the party line of 'oh Bolt is a racist hard-right wanker' and actually point out calmly and intelligently, where you see this occurring in his articles. then we can go at it

[Jack-]

The Victorian Government’s proposed three-step anti-hoon agenda is this: For a first offence, the so-called hoon’s car is impounded for 30 days.

I think it's absurd that from an opinion, not a definition, that a car can be taken off somebody for 30 days. Not to mention what happens on your 2nd and 3rd strikes. When I had my car impounded, there was what was really happening, and what the police officer wanted to assume was happening, and of course he assumed the worst to make his little sheet of paper with all the criminals and potential killers on it look better at the end of the night. They have no reguard for your input, side of the story. They just stick to what they "see" no matter how redicilous and stupid it may be.

[bozodos]

How do I have emotional bondage towards ACA? I loathe and detest muckracking sensationalist journalism that plays on the masses who are too slack or dumb to think critically about the "news" they are spoonfed on a daily basis, and then people quoting or adopting viewpoints presented by these sources without any independent thought process on their own.

I like how you try and make out like it's all so clear cut and down the line without and further analysis or research of the situation. You surely are the prime audience for these kind of TV shows.

I noticed how they didn't even have any real follow up on it last night apart from to do their usual attempt at ambushing the "guilty party" at their workplace, attempting to catch them off guard to trip themselves up, react with anger at having cameras and questions barked at them like they were on trial or attempt to flee after recognising that no matter what you say to these people it is edited so that you cannot win. You would also think that if they were seriously intent on just getting this guy into trouble for his alleged illegal activities they would have just forwarded the video and his plates to the police rather than try to generate drama with it.

I will be interested to see whether Media Watch has anything to say about it.

Whilst I agree with conservative attitudes about aboriginals (as does every white who has to live near them), the majority of his articles come off for lack of a better word as 'trolling'. Virtually nobody took John Laws seriously, but this guy gets people either whipped up against him of valiantly defending his "viewpoints". He's about as sincere as Kevin Rudd (ie not very).

[R31Nismoid]

He is a reporter, i don't want him to be sincere - only truthful and factual. Bolt - is exactly that.

I get the feeling he is very particular of ensuring his facts/evidence for articles is very well researched, i've never seen someone products info to say otherwise.

[alr33x]

No, you're missing the point completely, and its your emotional bondage towards ACA that makes you think this is all blown out of proportion.

You are a complete TV idiot.

The driver was wrong, the driving was wrong, the location was wrong. There is nothing right about any of it at all. I can't believe some homo ramapiticous still think any of it could be justified whatsoever.

your a complete idiot.

you dont know it wasnt blocked off at all your simply assuming. and the car has been sold and is track only for well over a year.. so shut up about the epa would ya's.

i cant believe this is a car forum some days soo much whinging and sulking when a guy gives his car some stick whether its this thread or another soo precious and concerned how people will think of you and your hover craft stock skylines (for the most part) get over yourselves, this guy got rolled hard by the media didnt do anything worse then i see on a weekly basis that you cannot stop unless government gets real and provides adequate facilities for this stuff to be moved off the street.

i for one think it wasnt a controlled enviroment but niether you or i can prove it so dont make assumptions and stay off ya high horse.

[alr33x]

I think it's absurd that from an opinion, not a definition, that a car can be taken off somebody for 30 days. Not to mention what happens on your 2nd and 3rd strikes. When I had my car impounded, there was what was really happening, and what the police officer wanted to assume was happening, and of course he assumed the worst to make his little sheet of paper with all the criminals and potential killers on it look better at the end of the night. They have no reguard for your input, side of the story. They just stick to what they "see" no matter how redicilous and stupid it may be.

hoon laws are a fkn joke and go against the trend of every other law you are punished first and tried second! its a joke should be un constitutional.

[bozodos]

how is he truthful and factual? The way he carries on just sounds like your usual opinion pieces to me, and usually read like I said before, deliberate attempts at trolling.

[R31Nismoid]

how is he truthful and factual? The way he carries on just sounds like your usual opinion pieces to me, and usually read like I said before, deliberate attempts at trolling.

You've clearly never read and paid attention to the decent articles have you?

If i get time over the next couple days ill dig them up.

[bozodos]

I've yet to see a 'decent' article but feel free to post some up, do you happen to watch ACA out of a matter of interest?

[HEKT1K]

You've clearly never read and paid attention to the decent articles have you?

If i get time over the next couple days ill dig them up.

i suspect that very few Bolt critics have actually bothered to read his articles, as it's simply far easier for them to smear him without making the effort to find out what he's about.

ACA is quite obviously journalism at its worst, and should not even be mentioned in the same breath.

[bozodos]

I actually do read the hun's editorial and opinion pages for a lol, and so I know what the reactionary side of the media are saying. why would I bash him if I hadn't read his articles? he's not that high profile lol

[HEKT1K]

he's not that high profile lol

o rly?

http://blogpond.com.au/top-100-australian-blogs-index/

this was last updated in April 2009, before all the Climategate and Copenhagen sagas.

he also peaked at #28 on the technorati list around November last year (a worldwide compilation)

[bozodos]

how many bloggers are household names apart form that f**king vile perez hilton dirtbag?

[R31Nismoid]

I've yet to see a 'decent' article but feel free to post some up, do you happen to watch ACA out of a matter of interest?

I only use my TV for Movies/Downloaded TV series.

It's not even connected to the antenna (because it doesnt work lol), so no free to air for me ever. Can't say i ever miss it really.

i suspect that very few Bolt critics have actually bothered to read his articles, as it's simply far easier for them to smear him without making the effort to find out what he's about.

ACA is quite obviously journalism at its worst, and should not even be mentioned in the same breath.

True true.

[frx026]

i just wanted to add that tt did call me first thing the next day after i emailed them in an attempt to set them against aca. . . i felt dirty after i spoke to them. . .

[bozodos]

haha ash you nerd, though i admit I almost never watch tv at home, only at the gf's house due to lack of internets or gaming consoles lol. Also after downloading tv eps and watching box sets I find that I just don't really have the patience to sit through the ads.

Like I said in the other thread about this, TT just used it as an excuse to bash Top Gear the tv show ( I was thinking LOL maybe they should ban it like 'hoon' car ads).

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

from what i saw tonight, alot of dickheads will be without a car by the morning.

basically i just went for a massive drive, down princess to chapel, down chapel to nepean , not the fully sick way.

then made my way to Hampton park (check up on womans house)

then down to the glen, then back down to keysborough, then to maccers to get food. now home. all this in order to get the car to chuck up a fault about the gearbox, got a scanner hooked up, waste of time, and fuel no fault.

but anyway, Cops were all over the joint, Holden's seemed to take the cake with 5 pulled over, 1 on all stockies and dumped had two cop cars next to it. 1 idiot leaving Keysborough maccers, thought it be a smart idea to dump the clutch once out of the drive way and snake his ute up the street, bang cop car came out of no were. would like to know his excuse haha.

a rx3 (purple) pulled over just before Princess Kebabs no bonnet up just all standing around having a chat.

another holden pulled over in a side street near noble park maccers, and from what i could work out a green P driving a mazda 6 was going to be next, squirting his car past me and backing off trying to get me go, but i use my mirror and could see a cop up my ass, but i had to turn off, so hopefully that dick got pulled over also.

its amazing how many idiots are out there still doing stupid shit with out even thinking that they will wake up tomorrow with out a car and a fine and a court date. Or slam into a pole or tree and not wake up at all.

saw about 5skylines and another stagea, couple s14's few wrx's all on their best behavior.