PEOPLE who do burnouts are probably not too smart to start with, so it's not surprising they often get caught.

A young male hoon - is there any other kind - was doing burnouts in his ute late one night recently in Wagga Wagga.

The petrol-head drove off before the coppers arrived, but then decided to come back and have a look at his handiwork.

The coppers watched him as he did a couple of 360s around the intersection leaning out through his open door to have a good squizz at the tyre rubber left on the road before speeding off.

The boys in blue followed and snaffled him minutes later - pinging him not just for the burnouts but speeding and a blood alcohol reading of 0.10.