Fed up residents threaten action against hoons at Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious

As coronavirus restrictions ease, it has turned one popular area into an all-night hooning hotspot with the noise being heard several kilometres away. Residents aren’t sitting back.

Tyre marks left by burnouts done by hoons at the intersection of Northbrook Parkway and Wivenhoe Somerset Rd, Dundas.

The easing of COVID-19 restrictions has turned one popular tourist area into an all-night hooning hotspot with the noise being heard from several kilometres away.

Roads at Mt Nebo and Mt Glorious have long been popular with drivers but residents have become fed up and are urging authorities to back them.

Mt Nebo resident Paul Arestan said some people had been “pushed too far” and frustrated by the lack of response by authorities were even considering taking matters into their own hands.

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“Some of them have been talking about organising road blocks,” Mr Arestan said.

“I think it’s quite serious really.”

He said the hooning had been a problem in the area for many years, on roads such as Mt Glorious Rd, Mt Nebo Rd and Northbrook Parkway, but the last week and a half had been particularly bad.

“They just became completely mad I think. Friday night they went pretty much all night,” Mr Arestan said.

“The problem is the noise they make. They keep us awake.”

One Mt Glorious resident said it had been happening every night since the travel restrictions were eased on May 2.

The Queensland Police Service is yet to respond to questions.

There is plenty of evidence of burnouts at the western end of Northbrook Parkway.

He said many vehicles had illegal muffler systems and in the case of motorcycles, the baffles removed from the pipes, and could be heard 3-5km away at night.

Mr Arestan said the hoons seemed to be well organised, sending cars to scout the roads for police and debris before others hit the roads at high speed.

They also varied the days and times they drive, making it harder to catch them.

Some, he said, had even been seen racing side-by-side on the narrow mountain roads.

In one incident a few months ago with a woman was forced off the road to avoid a collision, resulting in her car being destroyed, he said.