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Accused speedster allegedly clocked at more than 120km/h over speed limit

He’s old enough to know better, but a 69-year-old driver in a turbo-charged Ford Falcon was allegedly caught doing incredible speeds on a notorious Mornington Peninsula road.

This Ford Falcon FGX Turbo-Charged Sedan was photographed at 224km/h on Christmas Day. Picture: Victoria Police
This Ford Falcon FGX Turbo-Charged Sedan was photographed at 224km/h on Christmas Day. Picture: Victoria Police

An accused ageing reckless driver was allegedly clocked racing 224km/h down the Moorooduc Highway on Christmas Day.

Police say the speed, which is 124km/h more than the legal limit, was snapped by a vehicle mounted speed camera.

MCIU investigate after a cyclist was killed when he was hit by a garbage truck on the Moorooduc Highway near Mornington in 2018. Picture: Nicole Garmston
MCIU investigate after a cyclist was killed when he was hit by a garbage truck on the Moorooduc Highway near Mornington in 2018. Picture: Nicole Garmston

The 2015 Ford Falcon FGX Turbo-Charged Sedan was surrendered to Somerville Highway Patrol on Tuesday by the 31-year-old owner from Mount Martha.

“The vehicle will be impounded for a month, and was also grounded by a major defect notice for issues including the brakes and exhaust,” a police spokesman said.

A 69-year-old man from Mount Martha, who said he was driving at the time, was charged with a string of driving related offences and will face court at a later date.

In mid-December Speed limits along 38 roads across the Mornington Peninsula were lowered in a two-year trial.

However, the trial is only for shire-managed roads leaving peninsula arterial roads, such as Peninsula Link, Moorooduc Highway and the Western Port Highway at their higher limits.

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In 2018 a cyclist died after being struck by a truck on the highway near Mornington.

Last year two people in a P-plated ute filmed themselves in a road rage incident in which they screamed at a lady in a car next to them.

Seconds later she lost control of her silver sedan, crashing into a concrete barrier, fortunately escaping serious injury.

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