CANBERRA’S top traffic cop was disgusted by the “idiotic” behaviour of some drivers over the weekend, after police nabbed a man driving about 214km/h on the Majura Parkway. 

Officer in charge of traffic operations, detective inspector Marcus Boorman says he was one of two men caught driving at dangerous speeds in the space of a few hours.

The first man, a 23-year-old from Florey, was driving a white Ford Falcon with three passengers in the car, when police detected him driving 214km/h at about 3.27pm.

This was less than two hours after police detected a black Ford ute, driven by a 39-year-old Gowrie man, travelling at 154km/h.

Both drivers were detected in the section of the Majura Parkway with a posted speed limit of 100km/h, and were issued with infringement notices for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h.

Also over the weekend, a Franklin man, at 1.08am on Friday, June 12, was detected travelling 163km/h on Majura Parkway and a P-plater was recorded driving at 125km/h in an 80km/h zone on Saturday, June 13, on Gungahlin Drive.

Detective inspector Boorman says: “When you exceed the speed limit by more than 100km/h you display a complete disregard for your own life, your passengers and other motorists.”

“It is idiotic, dangerous and completely indefensible. We have seen too much of this behaviour lately. Do these people have a death wish or do they want to kill someone else?” he says.

“At the speeds we’re talking about here, you have no margin for error. Make the slightest mistake and you are facing tragic consequences.”

Detective inspector Boorman says the penalty for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h is a fine of $1841 and six demerit points. For a P-plate driver, this will result in a loss of licence.