High range speeding, Middlemount
A 39-year-old man has copped a significant fine after being clocked at almost 80km/h over the speed limit on his dash to work near Middlemount on Friday.
Around 9am a Road Policing Command officer detected his Ford Falcon reaching 178km/hour in a 100km/hour zone on Fitzroy Development Road at Jellinbah.
The driver was issued with a high range speeding infringement which includes a $1,177 fine, the loss of eight demerit points and a six-month suspension.
We hope our intervention will make this Falcon driver think twice before trying to fly again.
Excess speed is a contributing factor in approximately one in five fatal traffic crashes on Queensland roads.
