By Gabriella Payne
A speeding driver under the influence of drugs will have some explaining to do back at home, after their partner’s car was impounded by police as a result of their reckless ride.
Officers from the Casey Highway Patrol Unit were monitoring the Princes Highway between Pakenham and Berwick in the early hours of Sunday 7 February, when they caught the speeding driver.
The red utility vehicle was allegedly clocked travelling at 141 kilometres per hour in an 80 kilometres per hour zone, at approximately 12.30am.
After the vehicle was apprehended by police, officers discovered that the driver was not only speeding, but was also under the influence of drugs, as determined by a positive test result.
Having borrowed the vehicle from their partner, the driver was left with some explaining to do after the ute was impounded by police for 30 days at a cost of $895.
The culprit will also have to attend the Magistrates’ Court at a later date to explain their behaviour.
