Hoon drivers tearing up Sundew Ave Boronia

Boronia neighbours say dangerous drivers are tearing up their street every night, with screeching tyres, burnouts and the roar of engines wrecking their evenings.

Sharyn McCormack is sick of hoons tearing up and down her street. Picture: Ellen Smith

Hoon drivers are treating a Boronia street like a racetrack, with homeowners terrified a pedestrian could get hit.

People living in Sundew Ave say the street has become a complete nightmare with traffic noise and dangerous driving, and want Knox Council to install speed humps or chicanes to slow drivers down.

Sharyn McCormack said she heard hoon drivers every night, with many using the street to cut through to get to Scoresby Rd.

“It’s a huge safety concern, there are a lot of residents in this area because there are more and more apartments, not everyone has a licence, so there are more people on the footpaths and crossing roads as well,” Ms McCormack said.

“One morning this guy flew up the street doing 120km/h, he put his foot on his accelerator as soon as he turned into Sundew Ave — if anyone was in the way they would have gone flying.”

She said something needed to be done to stop drivers speeding up.

“Some traffic-slowing measures would be ideal.”

Hoon drivers are making life a nightmare for people on Sundew Avenue.

Homeowner Dave, who did not want his surname used, said the road was a straight stretch that drivers were using as a speedway.

“It’s becoming a complete nightmare with traffic noise and dangerous driving,” he said.

He said he recently saw a near-miss as a young girl crossed the road.

“The noise from cars entering from Genista Ave is terrible,” he said.

“Screeching tires, burnouts or just the roar of modified engines. Once they turn they absolutely floor it and they pass the park (in the street) at high speeds.

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“We’re really frightened something is going to happen and it’s getting worse.

“We’re waiting for the night that we’re going to be lying in bed and we’re going to hear a car go through a house or fly into the park.”

Knox Council engineering and infrastructure director Ian Bell said funding for the installation of traffic-calming devices in Sundew Ave would be considered as part of future budget deliberations.

Boronia Sergeant Rhonda Roughley urged people to report hoon behaviour to police.

“We’re always concerned with what’s happening in our local area and whether it’s something we can improve on in our patrols and try to put an end to,” Sgt Roughley said.