Female rev heads attracting large social media followings for their hoon videos on TikTok

Footage from Melbourne hoon meet-ups shows a growing number of women drivers trying to “outdo” the men with dangerous stunts.

Female hoons are posting footage of their dangerous stunts on social media showing them performing illegal burnouts and taking part in high speed street racing.

The Herald Sun can reveal female rev heads – some of whom have tens of thousands of followers on social media – are also dropping major money on modified cars in a bid to “outdo” their male counterparts.

Shocking footage obtained by the Herald Sun shows a Melbourne-based female TikTok user, who has more than 70,000 followers, posing in front of the camera under the caption: “Get yourself a girl that can do both”.

The short video then cuts to a female driver carrying out a burnout as tyres screech and music blares.

Young women are boasting of their hooning on social media

Videos on TikTok show female drivers doing burnouts.

Another Melbourne TikTok user has posted several videos showing high-speed street racing with captions which read: “Casually getting home from a night committing street crime”.

The account has 6500 followers.

A separate video shows a female hoon filling a suburban street with smoke as she performs a burnout, leaving skid marks all over the road.

The new breed of female hoons post footage of their dangerous antics under hashtags including #cargirlsoftiktok, #ytg (yeah the girls) and #melbournecargirls.

These hashtags are also used by female car enthusiasts who do not participate in reckless illegal driving.

A female car enthusiast, 24, from Melbourne’s southeast, said she regularly attended illegal underground car meets in industrial estates and other areas across Melbourne.

“The girls are outdoing the boys, that’s for sure,” she told the Herald Sun.

“I’ve done burnouts and I’m not ashamed of it. We are only going to industrial areas because there is nowhere for us to hang out.”

The new breed of female hoons post footage of their dangerous antics online.

Some of the women attend illegal underground car meets in industrial estates.

The woman, who has spent more than $50,000 on modifying her car, said she was known to police and had received a number of fines.

“I have received speeding fines and defective notices for my car, but it hasn’t stopped me from attending car meets as I’ve made good friends and I feel like I’m part of a community,” she said.

“If we go for a cruise or a meet in Springvale, we are always followed by police even if we are sitting in the carpark having a coffee and just looking at cars, that’s why we have to go underground.”

A Melbourne-based TikTok user, who has more than 70,000 followers, posing with the caption: ‘Get yourself a girl that can do both’.

Footage of burnouts shared online.

Australian Road Safety Foundation chief executive Russell White said it was “concerning” that the dangerous hoon cultures – traditionally the domain of young men – was being taken up by young women.

“It’s a worry that it’s on the increase,” Mr White said.

“Hoon behaviour can end in a tragedy with families left to grieve their loved ones and that’s the consequence.

“The public road is not a motorsport facility, if something goes wrong they can potentially cause a fatal crash … or they can end up involving someone else in a crash and it can just be devastating.”

Victoria Police impounded 11,380 cars for high-risk driving in 2021, including hooning, excessive speeding, and drink and drug driving.

Of this tally, 1,586 vehicles were disposed of.

Victoria Police have targeted Melbourne hoons as part of Operation Achilles, zooming in on known hotspots such as Campbellfield, Deer Park, Derrimut, Roxburgh Park, Tarneit and Tullamarine.

“Since July last year, Operation Achilles has resulted in more than 240 offenders being charged for hoon driving, over 1,400 charges being laid and more than 155 vehicles being impounded across metropolitan Melbourne,” the spokeswoman said.

“This has resulted in a significant decrease in hoon activity across the state, with police continuing to monitor and saturate known hot spots to ensure we can keep the community safe.”