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 117km/h in a 100km/h zone on Ballan Road at 06:48am and was issued a penalty notice, before police detected the same offending driver several minutes later allegedly travelling at 116km/h in a 100km/h zone at 06:52am, resulting in further penalties.
The intercept formed part of an early morning blitz on speeding commuters yesterday, Thursday 30 October, 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 km/h over the speed limit, and a further seven have lost their licence for speeding more than 25km/h 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 112km/h in a 60km/h zone on Ballarat Road 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.
Police will continue to have a major focus on Victorian roads as a statewide road policing blitz, Operation Furlong, commences at midnight tonight.
Quotes attributable to Westgate Highway Patrol Senior Sergeant, Fletcher Pearson:
"We are extremely disappointed by the actions and attitudes of drivers caught during Operation Rush.
"So many drivers demonstrated a complete disregard for the speed limit, which is unacceptable when we've had 244 lives lost on Victorian roads this year.
"Speeding remains the number one contributing factor to fatal and serious injury collisions on our roads.
"With Operation Furlong kicking off this long weekend, it's a timely reminder to motorists to drive safely and stick to the speed limit - and we won't hesitate to penalise motorists who choose to speed."
