A P-plate driver clocked going nearly 200km/hr told Highway Patrol he’d had a “rough week”, police said.
At about 9.10pm last Thursday, August 1, officers were patrolling Hakone Road, Woongarrah, on the New South Wales Central Coast.
In a 50km/hr zone they allegedly spotted a 1999 Toyota Camry travelling at speeds of up to 192km/hr.
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The driver, an 18-year-old man from Hamlyn Heights, was pulled over.
“I’ve had a rough week at work,” he said, according to police.
“I was just blowing off some steam.”
The man’s licence was suspended and he was issued a court attendance notice.
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