Hoons and Brains

[Cindy]

We've had a nasty series of crashes with hoon drivers recently in Adealide. The latest was between friend. One lost his legs, yje other his life. So, there has been lots of discussion in the papers and talk back radio.
Today I was negotiating a right turn. The lights turned red so, since I was in the middle of the turn started to complete it. A complete d**k head came through the red light. I waved my arms at him (no I din't give him a finger ). He spat at me. He hadn't wound his window down, so he had his spittle dripping down his own inside window . What has happened to evolution?

Cindy James

[Birdie]

We get a lot of hoons around here aswell. Lying in bed and listening to them pass at night is terrifying. You never know who is going to crash through your living room and explode your whole house!

[Michelle.]

"Hoons," translats to?

[Cindy]

Hoons, tend to be young males about early20's. Believe they are immortal. Drive to fast, do burn outs drag race on public roads have a general disregard for their own and everyone elses saftey

[Michelle.]

Oh, that species resides here in the states as well. Typically their called red necks.
They drive over sized trucks, tail gate and generally act in an over macho type way. Me thinks such behavior is done to overcompensate for low-selfesteem.

We have a saying... big car=small d@#k.

[Cindy]

Well known anatomical to brain relationship of some young males. I just pity their girl friends. One in the crash I mentioned has had terrible burnd to her face. I know because my brother in law was first on the scene. Body parts everywhere, a car on fire and this young girl with her hair and face on fire. He had to put it out. The two cars were travelling at about 120mph in a drag race on a public road and touched. Then went into a stobie pole, which is a unique Adealide invention of rail-track and concrete, used instead of wood to carry utility cables. Doesn't give way at all. It looked like a scene from an Iraq car bombing. He is having to have counselling.
I'm just a bit shook up particularly as this other moron reacted the way he did.

LoL
Cindy James

I tend not to worry about the ones on motor bikes 'cos they usually find a wall to say hello to
LoL
Cindy James

[sd]

Here they are called ricers, street racers, as well as a few names that are unprintable.

[Michelle.]

Thats horrible, at least she lived.

A mile or so from my house a few years back two teens were skipping school. Young guy took his car into a tree at 80MPH, 150kph?, the young lady in the passangers seat was ejected from the car and died. The girls father turned out to be a Sheriffs deputy. The kid got something like 15 years in prison.

[tekla]

Oh I don't think its just rednecks, I don't see too many of that type doing the sideshows, or the street racing/drifting stuff either. 

Most people at that age think they are immortal.  Some just test it in cars, others, in other ways.  When I was that young I would climb rigging without safety equipment (hell, I didn't even know it existed), now I won't go over 10 feet without it.

[lisagurl]

It is a natural way of culling the gene pool.

[tekla]

Darwin in action.

[Sophie90]

Oh, Gary boys...

In the UK, they "show off" by driving around in circles in town centres in their modified (aka ruined) Fiat Puntos with their windows down, and playing hip-hop/rap loud enough to interfere with the functioning of the international space station.
Their favourite activities include; harassing women, harassing fat people, swearing at old people, throwing litter out of the car, and narrowly missing small children as they floor the gas for the sake of about 10 yards, before slamming on the breaks on reaching traffic.

Fortunately, a fair few do write off their cars, usually by stupidly smashing into inanimate objects like lamposts/fellow Garys.

[Lisbeth]

Thats horrible, at least she lived.

If that happened to me, I'm not so sure I'd want to live.