A man who was allegedly caught driving almost twice the speed limit on the Hume Highway near Gundagai on Tuesday copped a $2350 fine, had his BMW seized and his licence suspended.
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NSW Police officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command stopped the car near the Snowy Mountains Highway intersection just after 5pm after they caught the 42-year-old driver zooming at an alleged 200km/h in a 110km/h zone.
The man was fined $2350 for speeding by more than 45km/h over the speed limit, his BMW was towed from the scene - and will be kept by police for three months - and his driver's licence was suspended for six months.
Traffic and highway patrol commander, assistant commissioner John Hartley, said this behaviour was not tolerated.
"We are working hard to educate people on road safety through campaigns like 'Toward Zero', which is about lowering the road toll, but we also need to continue to target bad driver behaviour," Assistant Commissioner Hartley said.
"Our ongoing road enforcement activities across the state aim to ensure those people who are putting put their own lives and the lives of others at risk on our roads by doing the wrong thing are targeted and detected."
