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Originally Posted by Rodp
Because people like yourself are asking why there's injecting rooms for addicts but no skid pans for hoons. They're two completely different methods and aims for tackling a problem.
There's a strip at Easter Creek which I believe is open at least every Wed. Has it curbed hoon behaviour? Right now about a block from me some clown is doing a burnout. I live 15 minutes drive from Eastern Creek where people are doing them legally right now. I can now hear another clown screeching round corners with a fart can ricer.
You just can't equate an addiction to acting like an idiot in a car. One is a dependency and one is a choice. I'd prefer there were avenues for those unable to afford treatment to break the cycle of drug addiction because those services are better than none at all. I'm ambivalent about a skid pan doing anything to curb boneheaded behaviour on public roads.
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I see your point re 'hoons' and Eastern Creek, but disagree with your analogy that heroine is a dependency...first and foremost it's a choice, and always has been. One simple word will suffice for both of these groups to not get into trouble - No.
There is a big difference between hoon and car enthusiast, the 'hoon' will never go to Eastern Creek, the car enthusiast will...the car enthusiast (for the most part) appreciates the rules of the road. Unfortunately Joe Public doesn't see that distinction...and they really should.
I'm not going into the drug part, except to say it turned the hometown that I loved into a cesspool, all courtesy of 'those in charge'.
The avenues that have been previously available to car enthusiasts are being removed (Gold Coast is case in point). I for one would like to know why?