Police have caught two P1 licence holders travelling more than 45kph over the speed limit in Blairmount this morning.
Officers from Traffic & Highway Patrol – Campbelltown, were conducting stationary speed enforcement on the Hume Motorway, Blairmount today (Sunday 3 May 2020).
About 7.40am, officers checked the speed of a northbound BMW sedan at 142kph in a signposted 110kph zone.
Officers stopped the vehicle and spoke with the 20-year-old driver. He produced a P1 licence that restricts him to a maximum speed of 90kph.
He was issued with a $2482 fine for exceed speed more than 45kph, and his licence was suspended on the spot for six months.
About 8.15am a Holden Barina was observed travelling north on the Hume Motorway, also at Blairmount, and appeared to be well over the speed limit.
Near the intersection of Narellan Road, police checked the vehicles speed at 160kph in a signposted 110kph zone.
The vehicle was stopped, and the 23-year-old female driver was also issued with a $2482 fine and had her licence suspended for six months.
Inspector William Darnell, attached to Traffic & Highway Patrol at Campbelltown said police are out in force and can check speed anywhere, anytime.
“We will continue confiscating licences and issuing fines to those drivers who put other road users, and themselves, at risk” said Inspector Darnell.
