Being late for work leads to be being nabbed at 110km/h in a 60km/h zone

A P-plater driving a black Porsche Boxster has been fined and hauled off the roads after he was caught doing 110km/h at peak traffic time.

A driver has been disqualified after being caught doing 110km/h in a 60km/h zone on South Road in Angle Park. Photo Naomi Jellicoe

A 19-year-old Mansfield Park man who told a magistrate he was doing 110km/h in a 60km/h zone because he was late for work has been slapped with a 15-month disqualification, fine and impounding fees.

Appearing in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday, John Pham Tan Diep pleaded guilty to driving at a dangerous speed, exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h, contravening a condition of a provisional licence by speeding and driving with no P-Plates on his vehicle.

It was 10.28am on Thursday, September 10, when police were conducting speed detection duties on South Rd at Angle Park.

Police saw a black Porsche Boxster travelling at 110km/h on South Rd at Angle Park in a signed 60 km/h zone.

John Pham Tan Diep appeared in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday. Picture: Kaysee Miller

Diep’s car was impounded for 28 days.

Representing himself, Diep said the reason he was speeding was because he was late for work.

Magistrate Stefan Metanomski said it was a serious traffic offence.

“This was a time of day when you expect traffic to be around, 10.28am, and your speed was highly excessive,” he said.

“Your speed presented not only a danger to yourself but also to the community. It is clear that you don’t have the responsibility to hold a driver’s licence.”

Diep was convicted, disqualified from driving from 15 months, fined $1100 and ordered to pay an impound fee of $1113.