Police have nabbed a group of "stupid hoons" after the men posted uncensored footage of their dangerous driving antics on the internet.
Investigators fielded complaints from as far away as Britain after the young men uploaded the film to the web. The three-minute film was taken in July and shows a modified Subaru Impreza WRX racing up and down McAlpine Street in the Christchurch suburb of Sockburn, performing 360deg spins and burnouts before crashing into a tree. At one point the car almost collides with another motorist driving in the opposite direction. Smoke pours from the car's tyres as it tears along the street. Once the car crashes, several young men are caught on video running to check the occupants and push it down the road. James William White, 20, appeared in court yesterday charged with reckless driving after the film, which featured the car's number plate, prompted complaints from throughout New Zealand and overseas. White pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 120 hours community work and was disqualified from driving for nine months. The Canterbury road policing manager, Inspector Derek Erasmus, said several people were involved in the incident, which could only be described as "stupid". During the film, the car heads straight for a small group watching and filming from the side of the road. Someone could have been killed, Erasmus said. http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3450072a4560,00.html The video in question: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5586190858616560725&q=wrx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:15:1468 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/15 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:15 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
