A man has been caught 40km/h over the speed limit reaching 150km/h with his family on board, including two young children, in Burrumbeet this morning.
Ballarat Highway Patrol detected the speeding car on the Western Highway about 1am.
The driver of the Toyota Rav 4 was found to be travelling 150km/h in a 110km/h zone claiming he was just travelling along with the traffic.
The 36-year-old man from Leabrook in South Australia was issued a penalty notice for $693 and will be disqualified from driving for six months.
The intercept forms part of today’s statewide day of action targeting speeding drivers as part of ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Road Safety Week.
The day of action will see highway patrol and general duties police across the state, with support of specialist road policing units, focus on detecting speeding motorists in a 24-hour road safety blitz.
