Victoria Police has launched a brand new operation concentrating on hoons, however it takes its identify from a car you’d hardly ever discover performing burnouts.
On Fb, Eyewatch – Campaspe Police Service Space posted {that a} driver had been charged as part of Operation HiJet, a brand new anti-hoon initiative.
Sadly, the HiJet identify is mostly linked with a small Daihatsu kei truck offered over 11 generations since 1960 in Japan, the place it’s nonetheless produced. The HiJet shouldn’t be formally offered in Australia however is comparatively well-liked right here as a distinct segment grey-market import.
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Measuring simply 3.0 metres lengthy and 1.3m large, the primary Hijet was powered by a 360cc two-stroke engine, as required by the Japanese kei automotive legal guidelines of the time.
However over time its engine and dimensions grew in step with laws, to 550cc in 1976 after which 660cc for 1990.
Right this moment’s HiJet truck is powered by a puny mid/front-mounted 658cc (0.658-litre) three-cylinder petrol engine, which is barely in a position to make 50kW from the manufacturing facility – even in turbocharged from – and measures 3.4m lengthy and 1.475m large.
Whereas there are examples which have been modified with bigger engines producing extra energy, it’s possible you received’t see one drifting down your native highway, even when the usual HiJet is rear-wheel drive.
The primary recognized motorist charged below Operation HiJet was a person intercepted by police after they acquired complaints about somebody performing burnouts in moist climate.
In response to the Capaspe Police Service Space, “the tyres have been discovered to be extraordinarily worn out throughout the security inspection”, resulting in the driving force being charged with a significant defect discover, and issued a $790 wonderful.
