read it when you get down near the bootom you will see they use CB radio to help evade police
http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18601934%255E2765,00.htmlif the link dont work read it here
Deadly street games
JESSICA LAWRENCE
26mar06
ORGANISED hoon gangs are terrorising busy streets in competition-style drag races ? complete with an audience.
Street racers are reaching up to 220km/h near homes, schools and shops across the state.
Police figures released to The Sunday Mail show more than 2500 cars have been confiscated since anti-hooning laws came into force in 2002.
The problem is not confined to larger cities. Drivers in smaller towns such as Mareeba (15 confiscations), Roma (11) Charleville (5) and Dalby (14) also have had cars impounded in the blitz.
In hooning hotspots Redcliffe and Morayfield, just north of Brisbane, drivers are using text messaging and citizen-band radios to organise races, watched by crowds of cheering mates.
They are doing 360-degree "donuts" while driving down the wrong side of the road, accelerating backwards flat-out and running red lights.
Oil is often poured on the road to make it easier to do "burnouts" ? spinning tyres until cars are enveloped in clouds of smoke.
Undercover police stings have resulted in arrests for drink-driving and drug possession.
Racing legend Dick Johnson described the drivers' actions as ridiculous.
"Have a good look at yourselves. It shows they've got no common sense whatsoever," he said. "When something goes wrong ? and sooner or later it will ? they will not only hurt themselves but someone else.
"These guys get their ambition and their ability mixed up."
But he said more facilities should made available for car-loving teens to stop them from racing on city streets.
This week The Sunday Mail visited several hooning hot spots and saw:
? A stream of cars using light changes at Redcliffe to drag each other at 100km/h in a 60km/h zone ? despite wet weather.
? Hoons doing burnouts in Morayfield car parks.
? Teens as young as 16 setting up deck chairs to watch the races.
? People in hotted-up cars at Morayfield doing laps of the area despite a heavy police presence.
In Parliament this month, Redcliffe MP Terry Rodgers cited the case of a man clocked at 173km/h with his fiancee and an 18-month-old child in the car.
In 2004, a Margate mother was clocked dragging another vehicle at 144km/h in a 60km/h zone with her three young children in the back.
"There is an issue with police numbers. There's simply not enough to meet community demand," Mr Rodgers said.
But Redcliffe police say they have declared war on street racing and are using undercover teams to keep tabs on the louts.
Superintendent Pat Ryan said hoons used text messages and
CB radio to gather gangs for drag races, with dozens of young people congregating to watch the action.
"We get complaints all the time about this type of behaviour. It's an ongoing problem," said Supt Ryan, who urged residents to report hoons.
Police Minister Judy Spence said officers across the state were "stopping hoons in their tracks".
She said 2518 vehicles had been confiscated under the anti-hooning legislation, including 601 on the Gold Coast, 193 in Redcliffe and 150 in Townsville.
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In Redcliffe and Morayfield, 14 cars had been seized since February and eight other drivers were under investigation.
Residents have branded the drivers "maniacs". One Redcliffe man said he had seen passengers as young as five in cars racing along Anzac Ave. Out-of-control cars had crashed into shops and fences.
"They could wipe out people on the pavement," he said
RACQ spokesman Gary Fites said it had to be acknowledged that young people "like cars . . . it's a cultural phenomena".
"It's important to note that people who like fast flashy cars, shouldn't necessarily be targeted because they like fast flashy cars," he said.
"It's important the police target behaviour that is endangering other road users or the drivers themselves, or making life a misery for residents.
Building tracks for amateur enthusiasts would not solve the problem because a "fair percentage" of illegal racers were anti-social.
"But we have to apply our minds to how this interest can be directed into an area where it's not encouraging others to break the law or endanger lives."
