The Brimbank highway patrol had a busy Easter weekend with almost 500 drivers nabbed for various offences.
Operation Crossroads ran across the state during the five-day holiday period, with 486 motorists booked for 493 offences in Brimbank alone.
Seven drink-drivers were among those caught. Other serious offences included speeding, using a mobile phone and travelling without a seat belt.
Police placed a road safety electronic message on Ballarat Road at Albion, which read, “Don’t be a bunny, speed ain’t funny”.
The highway patrol’s Sergeant Bill Joannidis said one P-plater driver was “travelling so fast past the message that he was unable to read it” on Monday.
The 19-year-old Caroline Springs man was clocked travelling at 189km/h in an 80km/h zone on Ballarat Road about 11.35pm.
Police intercepted the green Mitsubishi Magna and immediately impounded it under hoon legislation. The driver is expected to be charged on summons with speeding and dangerous driving and could be without a licence for at least 12 months.
A second P-plater was also nabbed doing 130km/h in an 80km/h zone on the Calder Freeway at Keilor Park just after midnight on Monday. The 22-year-old Preston man had his red Holden Cruz impounded for 30 days and is expected to be charged on summons.
