A learner driver with four passengers had his car impounded after reaching speeds of 160 kilometres an hour in Hoppers Crossing last week.
A Victoria Police spokesperson said police first saw the car on the corner of Derrimut and Heaths Roads at 10.15pm last Wednesday when it was speeding away from the intersection.
“The car’s speed was checked at 150kmh in a 70kmh zone before the vehicle pulled away reaching an estimated speed of 160,” the spokesperson said.
“Police intercepted the vehicle and found that the driver, a 20-year-old Sunshine North man, only held a learners permit.”
The man allegedly had four passengers in his vehicle aged from 17 to 19 years of age.
The man’s car was impounded for 30 days and he is expected to be charge on summons with speed dangerous, fail to comply with conditions of permit and other traffic related offences.
Meanwhile figures from Victoria Police have revealed the state’s road toll has dropped for the fifth consecutive year.
A total of 282 people were killed on Victoria’s roads last year, five fewer than in 2011.
Despite the positive trend, Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing Robert Hill said that Victorians shouldn’t take their minds off road safety for a second.
“While a fifth consecutive record low road toll is something the community should be congratulated for, we can never rest on our laurels and need to strive for no deaths on Victorian roads,” Ass Comm Hill said.
He said the focus is often on younger drivers, with almost 21 per cent of people killed on our roads last year aged between 18 and 24.
The statistics also revealed that 41 people killed on Victorian roads were not wearing seatbelts.
“That is one in five people,” Mr Hill said.
“(It) just baffles me.”
