MOORABOOL: Busted on Ballan Rd (twice)
A 55-year-old male driver has found lighting does strike twice when he was caught speeding twice in five minutes.
The motorist was detected allegedly travelling at 117-kmh in a 100-kmh zone on Ballan Rd at 6.48am on Thursday (Oct. 30).
He was issued with a penalty notice, before Police detected the same offending driver several minutes later allegedly travelling at 116-kmh in a 100-kmh zone at 6.52am, resulting in further penalties.
The intercept formed part of an early morning blitz on speeding commuters, which caught 51 drivers travelling over the speed limit.
Operation Rush saw Westgate Highway Patrol members enforcing across major Melbourne arterials, with a significant focus on speeding drivers.
There were 42 motorists busted travelling between 15 and 25-kmh over the speed limit, and a further seven have lost their licence for speeding more than 25-kmh over the limit.
A 44-year-old male learner driver had his vehicle impounded and will face court after being detected allegedly travelling more than double the speed limit at 112-kmh in a 60-kmh zone on Ballarat Rd in Footscray. He was also unaccompanied and did not display his ‘L’ plates.
A 19-year-old male motorcycle rider will face court for improper use (mono) and driving in the emergency lane, with his motorcycle impounded.
Other offences detected during the operation included five unlicenced drivers, five insecure loads, four unaccompanied learners, four driving whilst suspended, three seatbelt offences, three impoundments, three unregistered vehicles, two red light offences, two mobile phone offences, one fail to give way offence, one defect notice, one drink driving offence and one drug driving offence.