{"id":3506,"date":"2023-07-16T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2023-08-27T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:01:39","slug":"operation-achillies-targeting-hoon-driving-charged-by-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/?p=3506","title":{"rendered":"Operation Achillies Targeting Hoon Driving &#8211; Charged by Social Media."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3506\" class=\"elementor elementor-3506\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de546ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de546ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e673f78\" data-id=\"e673f78\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3d10c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f3d10c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">If you think posting videos of burnouts means you can\u2019t be charged then you should be made aware of Operation Achilles.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">Since 2021, Victoria Police have been trawling social media posts of videos, photos and comments depicting hoon driving.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">Police have then used this as \u00a0evidence which has lead to 75 arrests resulting in 518 charges and 111 impounds.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">A plea of guilty to Dangerous Driving is a mandatory 6 months licence disqualification. This is the most common charge laid and can be proven where the person charged did a burnout with people nearby.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">People don&#8217;t need to be mere spectators, they include the camera person and passengers in the vehicle at the time.<\/div><div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q\"><div dir=\"auto\">If you are concerned, it\u2019s best to review your social media content and head off to Heathcote or Sandown instead.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think posting videos of burnouts means you can\u2019t be charged then you should be made aware of Operation Achilles.&nbsp;Since 2021, Victoria Police have been trawling social media posts of videos, photos and comments depicting hoon driving.&nbsp;Police have then used this as &nbsp;evidence which has lead to 75 arrests resulting in 518 charges and &#8230; <a title=\"Operation Achillies Targeting Hoon Driving &#8211; Charged by Social Media.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/?p=3506\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Operation Achillies Targeting Hoon Driving &#8211; Charged by Social Media.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-3506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-hoon-driving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burncitylegal.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}