General News
16 March, 2023
Holiday driver's cold feet
A DRIVER caught speeding on Loddon roads over the long weekend blamed his cold feet for exceeding the limit. It was one of the excuses given to police who issued 30 fines during the holiday weekend blitz in the Bridgewater and Inglewood...
A DRIVER caught speeding on Loddon roads over the long weekend blamed his cold feet for exceeding the limit.
It was one of the excuses given to police who issued 30 fines during the holiday weekend blitz in the Bridgewater and Inglewood districts.
“The majority were for exceeding the posted speed limits, the highest speed was 141kmh, there were a couple in the 130s and a lot in between 110kmh and 120kmh,” said Sgt Sean Dixon.
And their reasons, according to Sgt Dixon, included:
Didn’t realise, where can I get my speedo checked?;
I was just rolling along, didn’t think I was going that fast;
I’ve been driving for four hours, going to a music festival;
Dog was jumping around and I tried to stop it my foot must have went down on the pedal;
Don’t know how fast I was going, don’t know the limit here;
Just bought the car;
Thought it was 110; and
My feet were cold.
Sgt Dixon said a learner driver was intercepted driving at more than 130kmh and both the man and the supervising driver would be issued penalty notices.
“There was one mobile phone offence and three unregistered vehicles intercepted over the long weekend,” said Sgt Dixon.
Meanwhile, on Monday at 1pm, police detected VW hatch on the Calder Highway near Inglewood travelling at an alleged speed of 157kmh while attempting to overtake multiple vehicles.
As a result the driver was issued a notice to surrender the motor vehicle in seven days and the VW will be impounded for a month.
The driver is expected to be charged on summons with various speeding offences.
Two hours later, police caught a second speeder on the same stretch of road.
Police intercepted the ute which was detected travelling at 138kmh about 3pm.
The driver was issued an infringement notice with a penalty of $693 and a six-month licence suspension.