A P-Plater has had a costly start to his morning after he was caught allegedly travelling more than 50 kilometres an hour over the speed limit by a police officer on his way to a Sunshine Coast Road Safety Week event.
It will be alleged that the officer pulled over on Sippy Downs onramp at 7am to observe traffic travelling along the Sunshine Motorway and detected a blue sedan being driven at 168 kilometres per hour in a 100 zone.
The officer from the Nambour Road Policing Unit immediately followed the vehicle and recorded a further speed detection of 150 kilometres per hour.
The driver, an 18-year-old man from New South Wales, was issued a $1245 fine for high range speeding and had his licence suspended for 6 months.
To add to his woes, he was fined a further $215 for failing to correctly display his P-Plates, which were partially obscured by the front and rear number plates.
The matter occurred just prior to the officer attending a special event at a local primary school to educate children about the importance of road safety during Road Safety Week.
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