Impounded vehicle auction in Townsville
Published Thursday, 05 July, 2012 at 02:02 PM
Minister for Police and Community Safety
The Honourable Jack Dempsey
Twenty vehicles impounded by police under the anti-hooning laws will be auctioned in Townsville next week.
Police Minister Jack Dempsey said police would continue to confiscate vehicles from those who chose to disobey the road rules.
“The Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Newman Government will not tolerate dangerous or anti-social behaviour on our roads,” Mr Dempsey said.
“These vehicles up for auction have either been ordered by a Magistrate to become property of the State, have failed to be collected by their owners or have voluntarily been handed over to the State.
“They have been taken from repeat offenders who were caught either driving an unregistered or uninsured vehicle, driving whilst unlicensed or disqualified, drink driving with a blood alcohol content above 0.15 per cent or failing to supply a specimen to police.
“They have also been impounded from hoons and people driving illegally modified vehicles.”
Mr Dempsey said the Newman Government’s tougher anti-hooning laws would include taking cars off the road for a first hooning offence.
“At the moment for a Type one hooning first offence the vehicle is only impounded for 48 hours,” he said.
“We are going to make sure first time hooning offenders hand over their keys and have their cars clamped for three months and their car will be forfeited, sold or crushed, for any subsequent offence within the next five years.
“We will also allow police to issue an infringement notice for a Type two ‘pre-impoundment offence’ rather than having to proceed by way of a Notice to Appear in court or an arrest.
“These changes will provide another option to impoundment, cut through red tape and reduce paperwork to allow frontline police to spend more time on the road.”
Northern Region Traffic Coordinator Inspector Ross Maltby said auctioning the vehicles seized under the vehicle impoundment legislation clearly demonstrates the commitment to effectively deal with people who continually disobey the law.
“The impoundment of motor vehicles is a strategy directed at improving road safety and reducing the road toll,” Inspector Maltby said.
The public auction is part of the vehicle impoundment project, aimed at seizing the vehicles of repeat offenders.
Vehicles will be auctioned on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 commencing at 1:30pm at ABC Towing, 19-23 Caldwell Street, Garbutt.
Inspection of vehicles is permitted at 12.30pm prior to the commencement of the auction at the holding yard. No inspections will be permitted prior to this time.
Additional information in relation to the vehicles being sold at this auction will be available on the Public Trustee website – Special Auctions Townsville http://www.pt.qld.gov.au/special-auctions/.
[ENDS] 5 July 2012
Media Contacts: Danny Donald 0439 719 116 or Sam Smallbone 0417 226 114
Police Minister Jack Dempsey said police would continue to confiscate vehicles from those who chose to disobey the road rules.
“The Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Newman Government will not tolerate dangerous or anti-social behaviour on our roads,” Mr Dempsey said.
“These vehicles up for auction have either been ordered by a Magistrate to become property of the State, have failed to be collected by their owners or have voluntarily been handed over to the State.
“They have been taken from repeat offenders who were caught either driving an unregistered or uninsured vehicle, driving whilst unlicensed or disqualified, drink driving with a blood alcohol content above 0.15 per cent or failing to supply a specimen to police.
“They have also been impounded from hoons and people driving illegally modified vehicles.”
Mr Dempsey said the Newman Government’s tougher anti-hooning laws would include taking cars off the road for a first hooning offence.
“At the moment for a Type one hooning first offence the vehicle is only impounded for 48 hours,” he said.
“We are going to make sure first time hooning offenders hand over their keys and have their cars clamped for three months and their car will be forfeited, sold or crushed, for any subsequent offence within the next five years.
“We will also allow police to issue an infringement notice for a Type two ‘pre-impoundment offence’ rather than having to proceed by way of a Notice to Appear in court or an arrest.
“These changes will provide another option to impoundment, cut through red tape and reduce paperwork to allow frontline police to spend more time on the road.”
Northern Region Traffic Coordinator Inspector Ross Maltby said auctioning the vehicles seized under the vehicle impoundment legislation clearly demonstrates the commitment to effectively deal with people who continually disobey the law.
“The impoundment of motor vehicles is a strategy directed at improving road safety and reducing the road toll,” Inspector Maltby said.
The public auction is part of the vehicle impoundment project, aimed at seizing the vehicles of repeat offenders.
Vehicles will be auctioned on Wednesday, 11 July 2012 commencing at 1:30pm at ABC Towing, 19-23 Caldwell Street, Garbutt.
Inspection of vehicles is permitted at 12.30pm prior to the commencement of the auction at the holding yard. No inspections will be permitted prior to this time.
Additional information in relation to the vehicles being sold at this auction will be available on the Public Trustee website – Special Auctions Townsville http://www.pt.qld.gov.au/special-auctions/.
[ENDS] 5 July 2012
Media Contacts: Danny Donald 0439 719 116 or Sam Smallbone 0417 226 114