By XAVIER SMERDON
A HOPPERS Crossing man was left embarrassed after he was forced to call his partner to pick him up when police impounded his car.
Officers from the Hobsons Bay Highway Patrol were conducting laser speed checks when they clocked the man at 134kmh in an 80kmh zone on Kororoit Creek Rd at 11pm on Saturday 28 December.
Police immediately impounded the 2012 Mazda hatch for one month under hoon laws and the driver was expected to be charged on summons with exceeding the speed limit, driving at a dangerous speed and driving while unlicensed.
It will cost him $703 to get his car back at the end of the month.
“The 26-year-old was forced to make the phone call of shame – asking his pyjama-clad partner to pick him up – after police caught up with him in Altona,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
“Victoria Police’s Summer Stay campaign will run across Victoria until 9 January. Police are urging motorists to stay safe or stay off the road this summer.
“Police will be focused on the main factors that contribute to road trauma during the Christmas and New Year period – speed, alcohol and drug driving, fatigue and driver distraction.”
The Summer Stay campaign began on 16 November and has seen police saturate the state’s roads during four different operations in an effort to reduce road trauma throughout the high-risk summer period.
