House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Hoon Car Crushing Policy HOON CAR CRUSHING POLICY Dr McFETRIDGE House of Assembly Morphett HOON CAR CRUSHING POLICY Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:04): My question is again to the Attorney or the Premier, or whoever wants to answer. Will the government be crushing vehicles used by hoon drivers that are owned by a third party? The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly Croydon Attorney-General Minister for Justice Minister for Multicultural Affairs Minister for Veterans' Affairs HOON CAR CRUSHING POLICY The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON (Croydon—Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:05): Hoon cars will only be crushed when they have been forfeited. So, one cannot crush them, confiscate them or sell them at government auction until such time as a court hearing has been heard. The Hon. P.F. Conlon House of Assembly The Hon. P.F. Conlon: What, not even Fords? The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON House of Assembly The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: No, not even Fords. There will have to be a court hearing at which the car is forfeited. It may be that, for some reason, although the owner of the car is not the hoon, the owner is complicit in the hoon behaviour in which case it would be open to the court to order the car forfeited and, therefore, it will be open to the police commissioner to crush it.