Francis Vitale and Stanislaw Wojtyniak front Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court

A speeding driver hooning 35km/h over the speed limit and a disqualified drunk driver who’d failed a driving eye test are just two of the dangerous drivers now off Victorian roads.

Drivers have been caught doing the wrong thing. Picture: Supplied.

A driver hooning 35km/h over the speed limit with his father-in-law in the passenger seat and a disqualified drunk driver who failed an eye test have faced court.

Joy ride down Hume ends in lost licence

A man who decided to take his father-in-law for a fun speed-filled car ride in Melbourne’s north has faced court.

Francis Vitale pleaded guilty in the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court to driving at 115km/h in an 80km/h zone.

He was taking his father-in-law for a drive along the Hume Hwy in June last year when the police scanner spotted him doing 35km/h over the limit for more than 250m.

In court, Vitale pleaded with Magistrate David Lanton to show “leniency” and not suspend his licence.

“My hands are bound … I have to take your license away,” Mr Langton said.

“You may drive home, but once the clock turns 12, you need not get behind that wheel.”

Vitale’s licence was disqualified for six months.

Caught driving blind

A man who failed an eye test has been caught driving drunk on a disqualified licence.

Stanislaw Wojtyniak faced the Broadmeadows Magistrates’ Court after being intercepted by highway patrol.

The 57-year-old, who owns an engineering business, was caught travelling southbound through Campbellfield in July last year, despite having his licence suspended in 2012 after failing an eye test.

He had also been caught drink driving on other occasions.

Magistrate David Langton told Wojtyniak he would go to jail if he was caught driving while disqualified again.

Wojtyniak’s lawyer told the court his client had “drink driving” issues that had left him without a car for 30 days and only returned with an interlock.

“He hasn’t been driving since and doesn’t have his license back,” he said.

In sentencing, Mr Langton said Wojtyniak’s licence had been suspended “for a long time”.

He was fined $500 and ordered to complete VicRoad obligations before he could return to driving.