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Police shocked by speeding driver

10/02/2014

POLICE caught a Lynbrook man driving 120 kilometres per hour over the speed limit with a child in his car on the weekend.
About 1.40am on Saturday, Greater Dandenong Highway Patrol members were patrolling on Greens Road in Dandenong South when they saw a car speeding.
They clocked the car allegedly travelling at 200km/h in an 80km/h zone.
They stopped the Mercedes Benz Coupe and were shocked to find the driver had a nine-year-old child in the car.
The vehicle was immediately impounded under hoon legislation.
The driver, a 44-year-old Lynbrook man, is expected to be charged on summons with offences including speeding and speed dangerous.

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