Moment Brisbane driver caught by police using gaming console as steering wheel

Police bodycam footage shows the dramatic moment a driver was caught using a gaming console as a steering wheel in Brisbane.

Queensland police have caught a driver using a PlayStation steering wheel fitted as a replacement of original steering control in his car.

A hooning operation was ongoing when the man was stopped on a street in the inner-west Brisbane suburb of Indooroopilly by police.

The incredulous moment the officer involved realised what he was looking at was caught on a police bodycam video.

Initially, the officer told the driver he was pulled over because of a problem with the car’s tyres before he unearthed a range of other faults.

Queensland police have caught a driver using a PlayStation steering wheel fitted as a replacement for the original steering control in his car.

The officer then noticed the steering wheel while approaching the driver’s window.

“Is that steering wheel actually a steering wheel from a gaming computer?” he asked incredulously.

The officer also discovered fitted air horns that are illegal in Queensland.

The driver was issued with multiple infringement notices for “driving a defective motor vehicle”.

“The notice is for the safety issues and the fact you are using a gaming steering wheel and your seatbelts don’t retract and also the cut bonnet structure,” the officer explained.

Queensland Police say the traffic stop was part of a major operation to crack down on hoons across South East Queensland.

More than 2000 fines were issued.

More than 50 vehicles were impounded and 2000 fines issued, police confirmed.

“Hoons driving dangerously in defective vehicles is a disaster waiting to happen,” Police Minister Mark Ryan said.

“We do not want hoons tearing up our roadways like racetracks and putting themselves and innocent road users at risk for the sake of social media notoriety.”

Meanwhile, Road Policing and Regional Support Command Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus said the operation was a significant success.

“Police have disrupted various hoon events, seen a vehicle catch fire as a result of hooning and uncovered dangerous modifications such as one vehicle which had its steering wheel replaced with a computer game steering wheel,” he said.

“Our officers have come across illegal hooning activity being shared on social media apps like TikTok and impounded vehicles of those responsible.”

Originally published as Moment Brisbane driver caught by police using gaming console as steering wheel