March 15th, 2024Motorbike caught travelling 210km/h in Keilor

Brimbank Highway Patrol have impounded a motorbike after detecting it travelling more than double the speed limit in Keilor last Saturday March 9.

Police were performing speed detection duties on the Calder Freeway as part of Operation Arid just before 3pm.

Officers detected a white BMW S1000R motorbike allegedly travelling at 210km/h in a 80km/h area.

The motorbike was intercepted before police spoke to the 26-year-old Tarneit rider.

It was impounded for a period of 30 days at a cost of $932.40. The man was to be summonsed to attend court at a later date.

A state-wide road policing excercise, Operation Arid, was aimed at reducing road trauma and lives lost on our roads over the Labour Day long weekend.

Over the long weekend police targeted speeding, impaired drivers, distraction, fatigue, seatbelts and unauthorised driving.

Operation Arid ran from 12.01am last Friday 8 March to 11.59pm on Monday 11 March.