Delinquent Road Hazards

Delinquent Road Hazards

TheDelinquent Road Hazards are minor antagonists in the2006Disney•Pixar animated filmCars. They are a group of four cars who intentionally cause danger on the highway. They are now being chased bySheriff countless times for reckless driving in theRadiator Springs, but was caught by him.

Background[]

Physical appearances[]

Boost (purple neon/silver Nissan Silvia (S15) with a custom body kit resembling JGTC cars, voiced byJonas Rivera), Devon "DJ" Montgomery Johnston III (blue 2004 Scion XB customized as a Japanese sound van/music van, voiced by E.J. Holowicki), Wingo (green and purple 2004 Acura RSX, voiced by Adrian Ochoa), and Snot Rod (orange 1970 Plymouth Barracuda mixed with 1970 Dodge Challenger customized as a funny car, voiced byLou Romano).

Personalities[]

They like to intentionally cause danger on the highway, speed and do reckless driving. They also seem to like rap music as DJ played rap music while speeding along the Interstate. Also, when Snot Rod sneezes, it causes him to naturally speed up.

Members[]

• Boost
• DJ
• Wingo
• Snot Rod

Boost wasn't always a gang leader. When he was younger, he worked at a garage for elderly cars where he befriended an early drop-tank racer who turned him onto the ways of racing with nitrous. Learning from the master who racked up records on the Great Salt Lake, Boost promised the old timer he'd keep the tradition alive.^[1]

From an early age,DJ, whose full name is Devon Montegomery Johnston III, was interested in all kinds of music. He had a voracious appetite for collecting records and was a gifted student at the nationally renowned East Coast Music Conservatory. One evening at a friend's party, Devon met a gentleman by the name of Wingo. An expert in paint and body modification, Wingo designed a custom paint job for Devon and a wicked sound system to match. Now going by the name DJ, Devon revels in his treble but never loses touch with his bass!^[1]

In grade school,Wingo's outrageous, inappropriate paint schemes didn't comply with the school's strict paint code, and got him into a lot of trouble. These days, Wingo makes a good living designing paint schemes for an illustrious clientèle at his own custom paint shop. Now that his paint doesn't get him into trouble, Wingo and his gang find new ways to get into trouble.^[1]

Snot Rod took his doctor's advice and headed west to find some clean, crisp mountain air to relieve his chronic allergies. On the way he met up with Boost, DJ, and Wingo. The highly modified car group set him as the gang's head of security and crowd control. He still has allergies and explosive sneezing attacks, but his ability to clear the road of pesky traffic is unmatched and much appreciated by his buddies who like the road all to themselves.^[1]

Appearances[]

Cars[]

The Tuner Cars catchMack nodding off to sleep on the way toCalifornia. They amuse themselves by playing a prank on a drowsy Mack by putting him to sleep with soothing music (Kenny G's "Songbird") and nudging him onto the rumble strips along the shoulder. The resulting vibration inadvertently causes Mack's trailer door to open and a sleepingMcQueen to roll out of the trailer. When the chronically sniffly Snot Rod sneezes, Mack is startled awake and the Tuner Cars accelerate away, leaving the still-sleeping McQueen behind out on the highway nearRadiator Springs, thus making the Tuner Cars mostly responsible for McQueen's disappearance.

The gang ultimately gets their comeuppance during the end credits of the movie when they make the mistake of speeding in Radiator Springs, causing them to be apprehended by theSheriff for reckless driving and destruction of property and remanded to the impound yard to do their time. It is then later revealed thatDoc Hudson himself sentenced the Tuner Cars to messy roadwork of towingBessie for their actions. It could be implied that they would be released from Radiator Springs for good behavior if they fixed the road.

Other appearances[]

The Tuner Cars later appear in the shortTokyo Mater with the exception of Snot Rod. They did another reckless driving causing Sheriff to chase them as well calling them as "import punks".

Video games[]

Cars: The Video Game[]

In theCars video game, two specific levels relating to the Tuner Cars are called "Delinquent Road Hazards" and "High Speed Heist".

InDelinquent Road Hazards, McQueen tries to enter Tailfin Pass only to find them blocking the road. Boost tells McQueen that the road is closed but McQueen believes it's okay. DJ then responds that its closed to McQueen, in which he finds out that the word meant to get lost. McQueen then challenges the tuner cars that if he wins, they let him pass.

Cars 2: The Video Game[]

The Tuner Cars are downloadable playable characters.

Cars: Lightning League[]

InCars: Lightning League, DJ is the DRH to be an unlockable playable character.

Disney Parks[]

Out of the cars, only DJ appears inCars Land atDisney California Adventure, where he plays songs for the guests as part of hosting his daily dance activity, DJ's Dance n Drive. This show and DJ himself would be relocated toDisney's Hollywood Studios as additional entertainment outsideLightning McQueen's Racing Academy.

DJ also appears inPaint the Night Parade inHong Kong Disneyland and Disney California Adventure riding onMack's fold-deck until2020 (before the COVID-19 pandemic) as he spinning his wild music, he was replaced by Sheriff since2023 as arresting him.

Trivia[]

• InItaly, Boost and DJ are voiced respectively by F1 racers Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli, while Wingo is dubbed by 24 Hours of Le Mans racer Emanuele Pirro.
• Snot Rod was supposed to be in the unmadeCars Toons episodeImport Mater. This episode was later remade intoTokyo Mater, in which he didn't appear.
  • Snot Rod is the only delinquent road hazard that doesn't appear inTokyo Mater.
  • Snot Rod is the only delinquent road hazard to appear inCars: Mater-National Championship.
  • Snot Rod appears on a calendar inAndy'sroom inToy Story 3 as a normal car.
• Wingo was the only Delinquent Road Hazards member that was playable in Arcade Mode inCars: The Video Game, despite Boost and DJ being playable in the High Speed Heist minigame.
• A repainted, non-anthropomorphic version of Boost could be seen on a poster on the wall of Andy's room in the trailer ofToy Story 3. This poster was replaced in the final movie by a picture ofFinn McMissile.
• While DJ's license plate states that his hometown is Treble Town,^{[citation needed]} he has come to visitTokyo inTokyo Mater depicts him as one of Tokyo's residents, making it unclear where DJ's true town of origin is.
• If they hadn't trickedMack into falling asleep,McQueen would have never ended up inRadiator Springs where he would be taught humility and how friendship is more important in life than racing and winning. However, McQueen would still be in his cocky, arrogant personality due to wanting to win thePiston Cup, in which he gave up on after having ended up at Radiator Springs and learning life lessons from them.
• DJ's original die-cast depicted him with blue stripes rather than green. This was corrected in2009, but the incorrect striping returned on his2015 re-release.
• The song DJ plays in his introduction is "Rollin' in the Rearview" by Headbone and Jabu; he later plays "Songbird" byKenny G to put Mack to sleep.
• Despite being antagonists, DJ is considered to be friendly to the theme park guests atCars Land.

Gallery[]

The Delinquent Road Hazards harassingMack.

The Delinquent Road Hazards in the junkyard after illegal speeding inRadiator Springs.

The Delinquent Road Hazards pullBessie as punishment, with hot tar splashed on them.

References[]

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