Ballarat's police have continued to voice their concern over dangerous 'hoon' driving across the region.
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Ballarat Highway Patrol's Acting Senior Sergeant Stuart Gale said his unit is continuing to work with the public to crack down on dangerous driving meetups.
This comes after fresh tyre-marks were at numerous spots around the Ballarat West Employment Zone.
Senior Sergeant Gale said he is targeting BWEZ as well as a number of other areas around the region.
"It's not just BWEZ, it's quite a number of places around town that we're certainly looking at and concentrating on.
"It's really concerning... We've seen similar events take place around Burrumbeet, Trawalla, and Smythesdale."
He added while it is unsafe for those in the cars, it is also putting those watching and other community members not involved at risk.
"It's quite disturbing... There are a number of safety issues, not just for the people involved but the onlookers and to the general public."
Apart from the public safety issue, Senior Sergeant Gale added there is a significant cost to repair areas damaged by these sorts of activities.
"Another aspect is the disappointing destruction of public property. The cost to the public is quite alarming."
Moving forward, Senior Sergeant Gale has called on the public to help catch those involved in illegal 'hoon meets'.
"If people have footage or have witnessed any of these events, we encourage them to come forward and speak to a police member.
"In this situation, we are in need of as much public help as we can get."
This new spate of damage comes less than two weeks after it is believed around 100 people gathered at an industrial site near the Ballarat Aerodrome after dark for similar activities.
A video posted to Facebook shows what appears to be a dark-coloured Ford Falcon recklessly driving around in circles - otherwise known as 'doughnuts'.
As the car repeatedly screeches in tight circles through billows of smoke, a person can be seen hanging from the back seat of the car - apparently filming - while onlookers also video the scene on their mobile phones.
One person proceeds to edge dangerously close to the car as it continues to spin, as other onlookers are heard cheering.
There are many potentially tragic scenarios that could have occurred.
"It's all fun until something goes wrong and the probability of something going wrong is very high," Acting Senior Sergeant Gale said.
"Anything involving a motor vehicle and this sort of behaviour - we are talking about serious injury or death."
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