A P-plater will face court early next year after he was alleged caught driving at more than 70 km/h over the speed limit this morning.
Geelong Police shared on social media that officers had detected the driver, who was a red P-plater, allegedly driving at 172km/h towards Geelong on the Surf Coast Highway early on Tuesday morning.
“Night shift community safety patrols detected the driver at 172km/h near Dickens Road at 1am this morning,” senior constable Stephen Pearson said.
“The driver had three passengers with him … which all amount to a serious safety risk.”
Under current road rules, red P-platers are limited to one passenger aged between 16 and 22 years old, unless they are family.
“The car was seized [and] impounded and the driver interviewed for speed dangerous and passenger overload,” Senior Constable Pearson said.
“In the lead up to this weekend’s road policing operation ‘Compass’ this is not a good start.”
The male driver was summonsed to appear in the Geelong Magistrates Court early next year.
Police will have a highly visible presence on the road this weekend ahead of the Melbourne Cup long weekend, with a focus on targeting the five major factor of road trauma – speeding, fatigue, distracted driving, impaired driving and not wearing seatbelts.
