Accelerating to quickly?

[cracker]

Mate got pulled over today for "accelerating to quickly" although the cop admitted he wasn't speeding, he said he could still fine him for this...

any truth to that?

[arverson]

its a nicer way of saying 'dragging' or 'hooning'. guess it comes in as another form of 'driving wrecklessly'. but we need more details to see if theres 'any truth to that'...

[lemmiwinks]

They brought the "accelerating quickly" law in as a hoon law recently in Victoria. Biggest load of shit. How do you determine if someone is accelerating quickly? The one that is ahead of everyone once the lights go green?

[cracker]

to be honest, my mate is a bit of a hoon, he thinks his a smart hoon though, he has a Stock Evo, sitting on pacific highway next to police car at the front of the lights, takes off slowly, its a 60 zone, redlines first, shifts into 2nd and cruises, cop pulls him over. that is literally all that happened.

[lemmiwinks]

to be honest, my mate is a bit of a hoon, he thinks his a smart hoon though, he has a Stock Evo, sitting on pacific highway next to police car at the front of the lights, takes off slowly, its a 60 zone, redlines first, shifts into 2nd and cruises, cop pulls him over. that is literally all that happened.

To be honest, I don't think he's very smart at all. Why would you even redline it next to a copper? Unless it was unmarked or something?

[cracker]

because he belives there is no fine for 'rapid acceleration', so his theory is that "what would they fine me for?"

[arverson]

yer not a smart move by your friend to be honest. was there a need to redline it? no mention of 2 lanes merging so we can rule that out i guess

you mentioned the cop said 'could still fine him for this', im assuming your friend didnt end up recieving one. he should consider himself lucky..

[cracker]

to be honest, his an idiot, he has been stopped and threatened twice before in relation to this exact offense and never been booked for it.

he was in the right lane, so a merging lane probably wouldn't be relative, note, I found this from another forum and LOL theres a guy named Cracker in that thread as well (no not me)

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ast-60kph.html

[chauster]

revving past 4k = wreckless driving.

in cops eyes anyway.

[cracker]

Road Traffic Act 1974:

Division 4 — Impounding and confiscation of vehicles for certain offences
78A. Interpretation of Division 4
In this Division —
“circumstances of aggravation” means circumstances in which —
(a) the vehicle is being used to race another vehicle;
(b) the vehicle is being used in an attempt to establish or break a speed record;
(c) the speed, or the acceleration, braking or steering capability, of the vehicle is being tested or contested in any way;
(d) the skill of the vehicle’s driver is being tested or contested in any way;
(e) the vehicle is driven in a manner that causes smoke to come from one or more of the vehicle’s tyres or a substance on the driving surface; or
(f) the vehicle is driven in a manner that causes one or more of the vehicle’s driving wheels to lose traction with the driving surface;

that is all i found, apparently it falls under C and D, can anyone else actually find anything concrete though regarding this law?

[chauster]

I giggled a little at E.

Losing traction is considered doing a burnout. whether you're at the lights and your foot slips at the clutch or cornering and your wheels squeal. Losing hectik traction is considered an offence.

[u mad?]

lol @ your mate, sif redline a sports car right next to a pig