Overview
- The teen was intercepted at 12:13am on January 31 on the Mountain Creek stretch of the Sunshine Motorway after being clocked at 189 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.
- The driver had held a licence for about two months and was told on camera that police would contact his parents.
- Penalties included a $1,854 fine, an automatic six-month licence suspension, and eight demerit points for exceeding the limit by more than 40 km/h.
- Additional fines were issued for a defective vehicle ($322) and failing to display P-plates ($267), with the teen claiming his plates had fallen off.
- An officer noted the car was traveling just over 51 metres per second and warned that stopping distance at that speed would be massive, with coverage set against Queensland’s 2026 road toll of 24 deaths.