By JESSE GRAHAM
A FATHER has some explaining to do to his son after being caught speeding at almost twice the limit and having the son’s car impounded in Yarra Glen earlier this month.
Yarra Glen Police Sergeant, Richard Coulson, said the driver, a 53-year-old Maribyrnong man and his wife, were caught travelling at 193 kilometres per hour while overtaking another car on St Hubert’s Road in Yering.
The speed limit along the road is 100km/h, and Sgt Coulson said the car was the fastest he had ever recorded using the in-vehicle speed detector, and said the driver’s behaviour was “ridiculous”.
“It was ridiculous that the driver would put at risk the lives of other road users, including his own wife,” Sgt Coulson wrote in an email.
“In this instance, if the gentleman had lost control there would have clearly been fatal consequences.”
The man was driving his son’s new Audi sports car, which was impounded on the spot for 30 days, and will cost $1280 to collect.
He will be charged on summons to attend the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court for charges including speed dangerous and travelling at 193km/h in a 100km/h default speed zone.
