Magistrate unimpressed as speeding driver slows down court process

Magistrate warns driver after insane speeding: “You need to get yourself a three-cylinder car or by the time you get to my age you will be walking everywhere.”

Driver pleads guilty to exceeding speed limit by more than 60km/h.

A MAGISTRATE has denounced a father of four, caught driving at more than twice the speed limit, for costing the state significant money with multiple court delays.

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Appearing at the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court today, Adrian Phillip Flack, 40, pleaded guilty to disobeying the speed limit.

The court heard Flack was intercepted by police on September 1 last year on Mount Mee Rd in King Scrub.

“The defendant was detected driving at 126km/h in a 60km/h zone,” police prosecutor Sergeant Jodie Brennan said.

The court was told it was Flack’s third mention of the matter which did little to please acting magistrate Paul Byrne.

“The state has been put to significant expense to prepare a brief,” Mr Byrne said.

“It puts him (Flack) in a totally different category to someone who has realised what they have done, copped it sweet and paid a fine.”

Flack’s defence solicitor Shauna Smith said her client had “simply explored the evidence against him” and would be heavily impacted by his actions.

“He owns his own business so for him a six-month suspension will have a very, very significant impact,” she said.

“He would have to apply for a special hardship licence to continue to run his business.

“And in my submission there was some delay in hearing back from the prosecutor’s office.”

Mr Byrne urged Flack to consider the ridiculousness of his behaviour.

“I don’t want to belabour the insanity of what you did,” Mr Byrne said.

“You need to get yourself a three-cylinder car or by the time you get to my age you will be walking everywhere.”

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The magistrate said Flack’s “obfuscation” and delays would cost the state more than ten times the fine the defendant had to pay.

Flack was convicted and fined $1500 and disqualified from driving for six months.