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    Hoon drivers are terrorizing residents in the streets of Mount Gambier, South Australia. They are crashing into fences, writing off cars, and frightening elderly residents. One resident fears an elderly neighbor will be hit when a car crashes through her front wall. Residents have witnessed dozens of hoon cars in just 20 minutes and fear someone will be killed on the street. A father of five is also worried about hoon drivers using a local park as a racetrack, fearing a child could be hit, and has asked the council to fence off the park.

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    Hoon drivers are terrorizing residents in the streets of Mount Gambier, South Australia. They are crashing into fences, writing off cars, and frightening elderly residents. One resident fears an elderly neighbor will be hit when a car crashes through her front wall. Residents have witnessed dozens of hoon cars in just 20 minutes and fear someone will be killed on the street. A father of five is also worried about hoon drivers using a local park as a racetrack, fearing a child could be hit, and has asked the council to fence off the park.

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    Hoon drivers are terrorizing residents in the streets of Mount Gambier, South Australia. They are crashing into fences, writing off cars, and frightening elderly residents. One resident fears an elderly neighbor will be hit when a car crashes through her front wall. Residents have witnessed dozens of hoon cars in just 20 minutes and fear someone will be killed on the street. A father of five is also worried about hoon drivers using a local park as a racetrack, fearing a child could be hit, and has asked the council to fence off the park.

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    Thursday, February 12, 2009 KEEPING THE SOUTH EAST INFORMED SINCE 1861 $1.00 inc.

    GST

    NEWS
    OUR NEW
    FOUR SPORT
    NATIONAL
    CITIZENS PAGES OF TITLE
    – Page 12 ARTS DREAM
    – Pages 13 to 16 – Back page

    Hoon ‘terror’
    NEWS FEATURE INSIDE TODAY: SHOP TRADING HOURS > PAGE 6 BW491034

    Meanwhile, fellow resident Colleen


    Connell described the situation as
    “horrendous”.
    BY SANDRA MORELLO “It is prevalent every day; my prop-
    Email: sandra@tbw.com.au erty has already been hit three times,”
    HOON drivers are “terrorising” people said Ms Connell, who signed a petition
    in Mount Gambier streets and residents over the problem.
    warn it is only a matter of time before Frustrated resident Julie Lucchini
    someone is killed. echoed similar concerns, claiming the
    According to fed-up Jane Street residents were “absolutely fed up”.
    residents, hoon drivers have crashed “It is particularly upsetting for the
    into fences, written off cars and are elderly who live on the street,” Ms
    frightening elderly people who live in Lucchini said.
    the area. Mount Gambier City Council opera-
    They claim at least one elderly tional services director Daryl Sexton
    resident is petrified a car will crash told a committee meeting on Tuesday
    through her front wall into her lounge night that hoon drivers were “terroris-
    room. ing” residents along Jane Street.
    A resident who lives near Corriedale “We are talking about a few people
    Park has also written to Mount Gambier who are making it bad for everybody,”
    City Council over hoon drivers “tearing Mr Sexton said.
    up” Corriedale Park, fearing a child He said similar problems were being
    could be killed. reported at Corriedale Park.
    Jane Street resident Pat Barton, who Meanwhile, Wireless Road West
    has skid marks outside her front door, resident - Wesley Reiter - is also fed
    told The Border Watch yesterday the up with hoon drivers using Corriedale
    situation had reached flashpoint for Park as a racetrack and has written
    many residents along the street. to council.
    “Some of the elderly residents are ter- “It is very dangerous, I fear someone
    rified. These drivers use Jane Street as will be killed,” said the father of five
    a drag racing circuit, with cars speeding yesterday.
    up the street side by side,” said Ms “These idiots could lose control and
    Barton, who recently had a close call squash a child. If nothing is done a seri- pABOVE: Fed-up resident Pat Barton and
    when reversing onto the street. ous accident or tragedy will happen. her son Will fear someone will be killed
    “On just one evening this month in “I have already seen three or four along Jane Street because of hoon drivers.
    just 20 minutes I counted dozens of close shaves.” Skid marks can be clearly seen weaving
    hoon cars on our street. Mr Reiter said many children used down the road.
    “I just fear someone could be killed the park to play or fly kites.
    walking along the footpath. They come He called on council to build a fence
    pRIGHT: A senseless act: A pile of bricks
    around so quickly, you haven’t got a around the park to stop people from
    lay on the side of footpath, after a hoon
    hope. being able to drive into the area.
    driver crashed into a residential fence last
    “I am just waiting for a big bang to
    month.
    happen.” Continued page 3

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