Driver caught 63 km/h over the speed limit at Littlehampton

At 2.50pm on Tuesday 28 January police were conducting speed detection duties on the South Eastern Freeway when they detected a Holden sedan travelling at 173km/h in a 110km/h speed zone.

The vehicle was stopped and the driver submitted to a roadside breath test which provided a positive result of 0.101.

The driver had three passengers in the vehicle.

Checks on the driver’s licence showed he was a provisional licence holder.

The 31-year-old driver from Victoria was reported for aggravated excess speed, excess speed, drink driving.

He was issued a six-month instant loss of licence and will attend court at a later date.