Hooning hot spots in Gympie residents fear the most

Gympie region residents fear the day a pedestrian will be hit in front of their home as hoons use the streets as a race track, whether it be day or night. See the list of hot spots

Gympie region residents have called for hoons to “stop watching Fast and Furious” in the hope the sound of screeching tyres and black marks will disappear from the streets.

The Gympie Times put a call-out on Facebook to name Gympie’s worst hooning spots, receiving 150 comments in response.

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Southside resident Bianca Renee Vieritz said the hooning was “driving her mad” on Sorensen Rd.

She said she counted seven regulars driving 100km/h and higher on what she dubbed “the race track”.

She reported seeing people come off the road into front yards before swiftly driving away, and a hoon losing control to barely recover while a woman with a pram was walking past.

“A pedestrian will get hit one day,” she said in the post.

Lynelle Allen commented hoons flew “past so fast you just get a glimpse of the colour of the car” on Groundwater Rd.

Legislation amendments introduced in Parliament in November, 2022 meant that any driver guilty of hooning could have their car destroyed as part of crash rescue training for firefighters.

“If you tear up the road, we’ll tear up your car – it’s that simple,” Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Mark Ryan said.

“Those people who intentionally endanger their lives, the lives of their passengers and other road users by choosing to engage in illegal, stupid behaviour should expect to be found by the Queensland Police Service, and have their car destroyed by Queensland Fire and Emergency Services as part of their road crash rescue training.”

Sorensen Rd was a street named to be frequented by dangerous hooning.

See the list of hooning hot spots:

Mount Pleasant Rd

Brisbane Rd

Perseverance Street

Hilton Rd

Crescent Rd

Hyland Rd

Penny Rd, East Deep Creek

Tozer Park Road

Tozer Street

Sorensen Rd

Groundwater Rd

Power Rd

Mary Valley Rd

Excelsior Rd

Glastonbury Rd

Scrubby Creek Rd

Craft Rd

Noosa Rd

Hill Rd

Woondum Rd

Old Maryborough Rd

Tamaree Rd

Rammutt Rd

Calton Hill Rd

Prichard Rd

Smerdon Rd, Southside

Copp Rd

Meddleton Rd

Ashford Rd

Parsons Rd

Tucker Street

Rifle Range Rd

Iron Street

Duke Street

Pine Street

Cartwright Rd

Harkins Street

Graham Street

Saleyard Rd

Lawson Rd

Rocks Rd

Anderleigh Rd

Sandy Creek Rd

Red Hill Rd

Stumm Rd

Bonnick Rd

Corella Rd

Kin Kin Rd

Nash Rd

Scotchy Pocket Rd

Fritz Rd

Lawrence Street

Fern Street

Channon Street

Horseshoe Bend

Marys Creek Rd

Popes Rd

Ramsey Rd, Southside