Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:32 pm
A motorcyclist has been arrested and charged after being clocked by police travelling at 150kmh near Taree, on the state’s mid-north coast.
Manning/Great Lakes Highway Patrol officers were conducting speed checks on the Pacific Highway at Nabiac just after 8pm yesterday (Tuesday 29 December), when they allegedly observed a red and white Yamaha motorcycle travelling at 150kmh in a 100kmh zone.
They pursued the motorcycle to Bullocky Way where they located it stopped by the side of the road.
Police spoke with the rider – a 40-year-old man from Blackwoods in Victoria – who allegedly confessed to them he’d reached a top speed of 240kmh in the slippery conditions.
He was arrested and taken to Taree Police Station before being charged with drive vehicle recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous and exceed speed limit by more than 45kmh and conditionally bailed to appear in Taree Local Court on 19 January 2010
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