Baxter burnout hoon Oliver Dunn faced court over his ute’s wheel-spinning show watched by police
A level-crossing contractor was keen to show off his ute’s power, busting a cop-stopping burnout at a Baxter roundabout. And his missus’ mum has come to his rescue in court.
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A show-off hoon who did a burnout in an unregistered ute in front of cops at a Baxter roundabout has been ordered to do a safe driving course.
But thanks to a clean history and an excellent reference from his girlfriend’s mum he managed to escape a licence ban.
Oliver Dunn pleaded guilty to two driving charges — losing traction and unregistered vehicle — at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.
The court heard at 2pm on August 21 last year Dunn was spotted by police lighting up the rear tyres of his red Ford ute when exiting the Baxter-Tooradin Rd roundabout.
As he smoked rubber he hung his arm out of the window at passers-by to celebrate his skills.
Police followed him to the Frankston-Flinders Rd intersection and pulled him over.
They then discovered his car was unregistered and he should have been renewed the rego the previous day.
When asked why he was doing the burnout, he said “no reason”, and when questioned about the rego lapse, he said he didn’t know.
His car was impounded for 30 days, costing him $1170 to get it back.
Dunn, a 29-year-old level crossing contractor, represented himself in the online court hearing, saying a licence loss would impact on his ability to work.
He said he has now paid the registration.
Magistrate Timothy Gattuso said Dunn had already received a big financial penalty by having to pay more than $1000 to get his vehicle out of the impound yard.
He said while the rego charge was an acceptable lapse of only one day, due in part to the disbanding of windscreen stickers, it was still his responsibility to be sure his car was legal.
Mr Gattuso said due to the “significant” character reference, the lack of priors and the impost of impound fees, he was not fining or suspending him for the hooning charge.
But he must do the mandatory road safety course otherwise he will be brought back before the court.
Dunn was placed on a nine-month good behaviour bond and ordered to do the VicRoads Safe Driving Program.
No licence loss was imposed and no conviction was recorded.
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