Anger over hoon video
December 17, 2013, 6:09 pm Today Tonight
A chilling video has been released online which serves as a timely warning to all drivers this Christmas.
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The video shows two motorbike hoons playing cat and mouse, risking their own lives as well as those of the police.
It was shot in Tasmania and labelled as 'Cops versus Bikes'.
The two idiots in the clip film themselves doing all sorts of dangerous stunts – but it is what happens next which has infuriated police.
After spotting a police car they hide and wait for the car to follow. They then speed past, just inches from the car on the wrong side of the road.
It is not as if Tasmania needs reminding of how motorbike accidents can end in tragedy.
On Saturday, a 28-year-old motorcyclist and his passenger died when their bike crossed in front of a four-wheel drive.
Police are investigating a report the unroadworthy, unregistered, uninsured bike had no lights and the driver was holding a torch in his mouth. Neither were wearing helmets.
And you have to feel for the driver of the car in that second crash. His teenage son was beside him and both will have to live with what they saw – not just for Christmas but for the rest of their lives.
