Melton apprentice Tapononati Glassie clocked 32km/h over speed limit without a driver’s licence

An apprentice Melton chippy’s heart was beating almost as fast as he was speeding after a romantic rendezvous with the darl caused his senses to be “overcome”.

Tapononati Glassie pleaded guilty at Sunshine Magistrates’ Court to speeding and driving unlicensed. Picture: Nilsson Jones

A young lovebird caught speeding while unlicensed said his senses were “overcome” after leaving a hot date.

Melton’s Tapononati Glassie pleaded guilty in Sunshine Magistrates’ Court to a range of traffic offences dating back to when he was still at school.

Glassie was 18 when he was intercepted by police driving unlicensed on the Melton Highway near Plumpton Rd on October 24, 2019.

Police pulled him over after seeing him doing 92km/h in along a section of road that had a reduced speed limit of 60km/h due to roadworks.

Glassie admitted to police that he'd never had a driver’s licence.

His car was impounded for 30 days.

He told the court that at the time he did not realise the speed limit had been reduced and was simply accelerating to catch up to cars in front of him so he wasn’t holding up traffic.

Glassies said he had left the Watergardens Shopping Centre in Taylors Lakes after a date with his then-girlfriend and was “excited” after seeing her as they were early into the relationship.

“I guess I was just excited after seeing my girlfriend, now ex, and it overcome my senses and I didn’t see the roadworks,” Glassie said.

The now 22-year-old apprentice carpenter has since obtained a provisional licence and had no further traffic matters.

He was fined $500 and suspended from driving for three months.