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A hoon, in Australia and New Zealand, is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner, generally in order to provoke a reaction from onlookers. [1]

58 relations: ABC News (radio), Australian Associated Press, Bogan, Boy racer, Burnout (vehicle), CARRS-Q, City of Darebin, Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, Crash test, Darwin, Northern Territory, Dirt 3, Discworld, Doughnut (driving), Drag racing, Drunk drivers, Foolishness, Formula One, Government of Queensland, Government of Victoria, Government of Western Australia, Gulliver's Travels, Hidden Valley Raceway, Hoonigan Racing Division, Houyhnhnm, Jonathan Swift, Ken Block, Lewis Hamilton, Mad Max, Mandatory sentencing, Mercedes-AMG, Motorsport.com, NASCAR, New South Wales, Onomatopoeia, Parliament of Western Australia, Procuring (prostitution), Prostitution, Queensland, Queensland Police Service, Queensland University of Technology, Red Bull Global Rallycross, Rhyming slang, Rice burner, Roads & Traffic Authority, Robby Gordon, South Australia, Speed Energy Formula Off-Road, Speed limit, Speedcafe, Street racing, ..., Terry Pratchett, Texas Motor Speedway, Tire, Victoria (Australia), Victoria Police, Western Australia, Western Australia Police, 2010 Australian Grand Prix. Expand index (8 more) »

ABC News (radio)

ABC News is an Australian Broadcasting Corporation 24-hour news radio service.

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Australian Associated Press

Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency.

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Bogan

Bogan is Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated.

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Boy racer

A boy racer is a motorist of any gender who drives an automobile that has been modified with aftermarket body kits, audio system and exhaust system, usually in an unlawful manner.

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Burnout (vehicle)

A burnout (also known as a peel out or power brake) is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke due to friction.

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CARRS-Q

The Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q) is a research centre established in 1996.

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City of Darebin

The City of Darebin is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

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Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS), is the official governing body of motor sport in Australia.

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Crash test

A crash test is a form of destructive testing usually performed in order to ensure safe design standards in crashworthiness and crash compatibility for various modes of transportation or related systems and components.

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Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Dirt 3

Dirt 3 (stylised as DiRT 3) is a racing video game developed and published by Codemasters for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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Discworld

Discworld is a comic fantasy book series written by the English author Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), set on the fictional Discworld, a flat disc balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin.

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Doughnut (driving)

A doughnut or donut is a maneuver performed while driving a vehicle.

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Drag racing

For the drag queen reality competition program, see RuPaul's Drag Race. Drag racing is a type of motor racing in which automobiles or motorcycles (usually specially prepared for the purpose) compete, usually two at a time, to be first to cross a set finish line.

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Drunk drivers

People driving under the influence of alcohol are commonly referred to as drunk drivers, or drink-drivers.

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Foolishness

Foolishness is the unawareness or lack of social norms which causes offence, annoyance, trouble and/or injury.

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Formula One

Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.

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Government of Queensland

The Government of Queensland, also referred to as the Queensland Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Queensland.

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Government of Victoria

The Government of Victoria is the executive administrative authority of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Government of Western Australia

The Government of Western Australia, also referred to formally as Her Majesty's Government of Western Australia, or as the Western Australian Government or the West Australian Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of Western Australia.

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Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels, or Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

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Hidden Valley Raceway

Hidden Valley Raceway is part of the Hidden Valley Motorsports Complex, located at 171 Hidden Valley Road Hidden Valley, from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Hoonigan Racing Division

The Hoonigan Racing Division (previously known as the Monster World Rally Team) is a motor racing team that competes in the World Rally Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, FIA World Rallycross Championship and Rally America.

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Houyhnhnm

Houyhnhnms are a race of intelligent horses described in the last part of Jonathan Swift's satirical Gulliver's Travels.

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

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Ken Block

Kenneth Block (born November 21, 1967) is a professional rally driver with the Hoonigan Racing Division, formerly known as the Monster World Rally Team.

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Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for Mercedes AMG Petronas.

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Mad Max

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward.

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Mandatory sentencing

Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term for certain crimes, commonly serious and violent offenses.

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Mercedes-AMG

Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, is the high performance brand used by Mercedes-Benz.

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Motorsport.com

Motorsport.com is a website specializing in motor racing news.

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Onomatopoeia

An onomatopoeia (from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία; ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make", adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes.

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Parliament of Western Australia

The Parliament of Western Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Western Australia, forming the legislative branch of the Government of Western Australia.

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Procuring (prostitution)

Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer.

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Prostitution

Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment.

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Queensland Police Service

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland.

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Queensland University of Technology

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Red Bull Global Rallycross

Red Bull Global Rallycross (official abbreviation Red Bull GRC) was a self-owned rallycross series run in the United States.

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Rhyming slang

Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language that uses rhyme.

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Rice burner

Rice burner is a pejorative, used as early as the 1960s, originally describing Japanese motorcycles, then later applied to Japanese cars, and eventually to Asian-made motorcycles and automobiles in general.

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Roads & Traffic Authority

The Roads & Traffic Authority (RTA) is a former Australian government agency in New South Wales that was responsible for major road infrastructure, licensing of drivers, and registration of motor vehicles.

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Robby Gordon

Robert W. "Robby" Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American racecar driver.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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Speed Energy Formula Off-Road

The Speed Energy Formula Off-Road Presented By Traxxas (popularly known as the Stadium Super Trucks) is an American off-road racing series.

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Speed limit

Road speed limits are used in most countries to set the maximum (or minimum in some cases) speed at which road vehicles may legally travel on particular stretches of road.

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Speedcafe

Speedcafe.com is a leading Australian motorsport news website that launched on 23 October 2009.

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Street racing

Street racing is typically an unsanctioned and illegal form of auto racing that occurs on a public road.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

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Texas Motor Speedway

Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas.

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Tire

A tire (American English) or tyre (British English; see spelling differences) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface traveled over.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Victoria Police

Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia.

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Western Australia

Western Australia (abbreviated as WA) is a state occupying the entire western third of Australia.

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Western Australia Police

The Western Australia Police Force, colloquially WAPOL, provides police services throughout the state of Western Australia, an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction, with a population of only 2.4 million, of which 1.94 million reside in the Perth Metropolitan Region.

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2010 Australian Grand Prix

The 2010 Australian Grand Prix (formally the 2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 March 2010 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoon

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