Police have nabbed a woman driving at 157km/h in a 100km zone while nearly three times over the legal blood alcohol limit in Happy Valley last night.
Swan Hill Police say they first spotted the woman’s hire car on Robinvale-Sea Lake Road at around 5.30pm, allegedly travelling at 157km/h in a 100km/h zone.
“The 28-year-old driver, from Gladstone Queensland, returned a positive preliminary breath test before furnishing an evidentiary breath test reading of 0.132,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
It is expected the woman will be charged on summons in relation to speeding, conduct endangering life and other traffic related offences.
“This intercept forms part of Operation Roadwise, a three-week Operation during the Christmas, New Year period. The focus on keeping our community safe on the roads during this holiday period,” Victoria Police said.
“The state-wide operation aims to reduce road trauma, including the number of lives lost and injuries on our roads. During this time motorists can expect to be breath tested and drug tested, have their vehicles scanned and be checked for speeding.”
The operation involves all available personnel including local road policing units, general duties, other operational policing units and centralised resources from Road Policing Command.
Operation Roadwise runs from 12.01am Friday, December 18 until Wednesday, January 6.
