Joyride

A 15-year old boy was arrested at gunpoint Sunday night after stealing a tram from a depot and going on a one hour joyride through Melbourne's central business district. However, he was kind enough to stop and pick up passengers. This terminated the youth's weekend long crime spree involving another tram hijacking on Friday night.

According to authorities, tram theft is a recent variation on the beloved teenage past time of "hooning". I spent quite a bit of time this morning listening to newscasters discuss the dangers of hooning and its popularity among Australia's youth, although it took me a good ten minutes before I figured out what hooning is. Basically - street racing (typically in cars, not trams).