A learner motorcycle rider caught doing more than 130km/h on Northbourne Avenue.
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A P-plater driving at 111km/h down a residential street.
A driver clocked at more than 50 kilometres over the speed limit on an 80km/h road.
These are just some of the people caught by police on Canberra's roads last weekend alone.
ACT Policing has issued an urgent plea to drivers to behave after a wild weekend on Canberra's roads.
There were 26 crashes reported to police from Friday to Monday, seven of which resulted in injuries.
Police also sprung six drink-drivers, six drug-affected drivers, another provisional driver going 109km/h in a residential zone and another driver doing 105 km/h in 60 zone.
Acting Officer in Charge of Traffic Operations, Ken Hedges said police were disappointed in the number of "reckless" drivers caught on the weekend.
"Whilst the vast majority of people using our roads do so safely and responsibly, we continue to be dismayed by the small number of reckless drivers who seem intent on doing the wrong thing," Acting Station Sergeant Hedges said.
"This is a reminder to those who choose to ignore speed limits and drive dangerously, you will be caught or worse, injure innocent people. Slow down, it's not worth it.
"These people who are learners or provisional riders or drivers are inexperienced people and they need to take a little more care in what they're doing. If they come off their bike or crash their car at those speeds their chances of survival are minimal."
Four people have died on ACT roads so far this year.
Just on Sunday, a young man died and two more people were injured when a ute heading south on the Monaro Highway rolled near Royalla.
Acting Station Sergeant Hedges said ACT Policing will also be targeting drivers heading to the snow alongside their NSW Police colleagues in a joint operation launched on Tuesday.
"Speed zones are in place for a reason and that's to keep people safe and that's what we want to see people doing," Acting Station Sergeant Hedges said.
"Road safety is everyone's responsibility and some Canberrans are disappointing us by not abiding by those rules.
"Driving to conditions is very, very important and particularly if they can maintain that two-second gap between their vehicles and not get it filled by somebody else, that's what we want to see."
