Angry resident takes unique action to stop hoons

A FURIOUS homeowner is so fed up with hoons tearing along his street he’s risking fines of more than $200 a day with an unusual protest.

A FURIOUS homeowner is so fed up with hoons tearing along his street he’s risking fines of more than $200 a day with an unusual protest.

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Rick Tippett has parked his caravan on the road in a bid to slow the speeders and said he won’t move it until traffic-calming measures are installed.

Mr Tippett said that, since the Dandenong Bypass opened in 2012, he had been asking Greater Dandenong Council and VicRoads to do something about the cars using Sunnyvale Cres in Keysborough as a cut-through.

Rick Tippett is using his caravan to deter hoons on Keysborough St. Picture: Penny Stephens

“Nothing has happened. We have cars tearing through all the time,” he said.

“There’s a park where kids congregate near an S-bend in the street and it’s only a matter to time before one of them gets hit.

“I’ve been warned by the council that if I leave the caravan on the street I will be fined, but I’m not moving it until something is done about the hoons.”

Greater Dandenong Council engineering services director Julie Reid said data on speeds and the volume of traffic on Sunnyvale Cres meant it was a low priority for traffic-calming devices.