A learner driver has been busted allegedly traveling at 253km/h in Adelaide’s northwith police saying it is among the highest speeds ever clocked on South Australian roads.
The driving force, a 20-year-old Smithfield man, was 143km/h over the pace restrict when he was pinged on the North-South Motorway at Waterloo Nook, police mentioned.
Barossa Freeway Patrol had been conducting pace checks once they say a black 2009 Holden whizzed previous them about 6.30pm on Monday.
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The pace restrict in that zone is 110km/h, however police say the driving force was going greater than double that.
Officers caught as much as the driving force when the ute suffered a mechanical failure.
“Checks revealed the driving force solely held a learner’s allow, and his passenger was not a full license holder,” police mentioned.
“The driving force additionally returned a constructive studying to a drug take a look at.”
The driving force misplaced his license for 12 months and had his automotive impounded for 4 weeks, whereas he’s additionally due in court docket over alleged harmful driving, breach of a learner’s allow and driving an unregistered automobile.
