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[TVR-190]

Driver, 80, caught speeding at 160km/h | News.com.au

AN 80-year-old woman has been clocked by police driving at more than 160km/h on a highway in Victoria's northwest.

Police allege the woman, from the central Victorian town of Heathcote, was detected driving on the Murray Valley Highway at Lake Boga, near Swan Hill, at 64km/h over the 100km/h limit.

Swan Hill traffic police say they followed the woman for 4km before she realised she was being pursued.

It's expected the woman will be charged on summons for exceeding the speed limit, driving at a dangerous speed and failing to obey her licence conditions.

Police have also asked VicRoads to review her driver's licence.

If convicted of the charges, the woman will not be Victoria's oldest hoon driver.

A 90-year-old Craigieburn man lost his licence earlier this year after he was caught driving at 23km/h over the speed limit and subsequently blew .112 in a breath test.

An 80-year-old driver who had previously claimed the title as the state's oldest hoon fronted a magistrate in January after being clocked at 150km/h for more than 20km on a road near Horsham in the state's west.

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[Trayner]

Lol if it was a young P plater . Channel 7 & 9 would do a whole segment on it , how teens love to drift and Fast and furious style drive around the streets

[stocky]

So did they hoon tow the car?

[tivoom]

thats so going to be me but im a dude but you get my point lol

[Rusty]

She did pretty well for her age, least she was on the correct side of the road!

[Troy711]

I didn't know that silver Camrys could go that fast...

[Demonica]

If the old bat couldn't see the cops and their flashing lights she probably couldn't see the speedo either.

[Tim Smtih]

I call BS. No chance it was some old bird for real. Swamp gas, weather balloon sure, but an old bird nah.

[Ace_VP]

The highway guys here followed a little asian chap from lithgow to Bathurst (50-60km) after he was seen doing 120 in a 100 zone. They activated lights, he no pull over, they activated sirens, he still no pull over. They activiated a police pursuit and then followed him at 110 in a 100 zone all the way to Bathurst. They got 3 cars to block the road coming into bathurst to stop him (spike strips would have been funny). When they finally stopped him his response was "If you want me to pull over you do it from the front", guy had absolutely no clue. He got a few tickets.

The fact is some people just dont see you, big flashing lights and loud sirens do stuff all for people with tunnel vision. We are going code red through town to various emergencies all the time and people just have no idea, some people just dont consider whats behind them to be important.

[Demonica]

The fact is some people just dont see you, big flashing lights and loud sirens do stuff all for people with tunnel vision. We are going code red through town to various emergencies all the time and people just have no idea, some people just dont consider whats behind them to be important.

I've noticed that a lot. Amazing how many people hold up police, ambulances and fire trucks on the road due to them being in their own little world when they're driving. I swear some people think their mirrors are there as ornaments lol. People also seem to get confused with what to do when everyone is stopped at a red light and the emergency vehicles want to get through. Wasn't there talk a while back about changing the sirens on emergency vehicles so they would be more easily noticed/heard?

[acarmody]

I've noticed that a lot. Amazing how many people hold up police, ambulances and fire trucks on the road due to them being in their own little world when they're driving. I swear some people think their mirrors are there as ornaments lol. People also seem to get confused with what to do when everyone is stopped at a red light and the emergency vehicles want to get through. Wasn't there talk a while back about changing the sirens on emergency vehicles so they would be more easily noticed/heard?

There was a story not far back about a person who ran a red light to clear a path for the emergency vehicle, ended up getting a ticket even though the everyone had stopped (in all direction) to let the ambo (?) through.

Not long ago I was a car cut off a cop car with lights and sirens, if the cops didn't have to be somewhere fast I bet that the retard would have had a whole can of whoop-ass unloaded on him by the cops.

[Stressball]

There was a story not far back about a person who ran a red light to clear a path for the emergency vehicle, ended up getting a ticket even though the everyone had stopped (in all direction) to let the ambo (?) through.

This is why I am not going to be moving for emergency vehicles if it means I will be breaking a road rule. I need my licence for my job, and I can't trust the courts to give me any lenience if that situation were to occur. Of course, they could try to charge me for not moving out of the path of an emergency vehicle, but the police commissioner is on tape stating that you do not run a red light for an emergency vehicle. More likely to go my way than getting out of a ticket for moving.

Previously I would have gotten out of the way for them by breaking a road rule if I felt it was safe, but not anymore. The stakes are too high, it could be the difference between keeping and losing both my licence, and my job.

[CSP]

As someone who has been trained and driven under lights and sirens, NOBODY is expected to break any laws to let emergency vehicles through. At a set of lights, if there is no way though, the training we get means we turn the siren off and leave the lights on and wait.

The biggest problem with sirens is they're not loud enough. Without having a stereo up too loud, in a new car you don't often hear the sirens. But you should be aware enough of everything around you that you see the lights.

[sjmcc]

The biggest problem with sirens is they're not loud enough. Without having a stereo up too loud, in a new car you don't often hear the sirens. But you should be aware enough of everything around you that you see the lights.

I agre with this. I have stock sound system and don't have it blasting, and often I don't hear sirens until they are fairly close. I usually see the lights long before I hear the sirens.

[Lance2560]

If the old bat couldn't see the cops and their flashing lights she probably couldn't see the speedo either.

lol agree'd

[satos]

That's a bit harsh.

[Lance2560]

abit harsh? I was only joking around , I can hear sirens way before i see them, sorry if i offenened u

[CSP]

You see sirens? Man! I wish I could see sound waves...

[minux]

This woman is hilarious, seriously, a toyota doing over 80? I think the police speed detection devices need re-calibrating.

[azkwazere]

I like how they empahsised that she drove for a whole 4kms before she noticed that she was being persued. That roughly works out to be about ~1 and half minutes (at a steady 164km/h) before she saw them... not exactly the slowest reacton time if you assume they started the clock from where the cops were sitting

[Stressball]

I like how they empahsised that she drove for a whole 4kms before she noticed that she was being persued. That roughly works out to be about ~1 and half minutes (at a steady 164km/h) before she saw them... not exactly the slowest reacton time if you assume they started the clock from where the cops were sitting

90 seconds without looking in your rear view mirror, nor hearing the sirens, or seeing the flashing lights glancing off your rear or wing mirrors? That's a pretty decent cause for concern, I think. I check my rearview briefly every 10 or 15 seconds, and this woman didn't do it for 90 seconds, over the limit?

Talk about tunnel vision >.<

[stockyvrcalais]

If the old bat couldn't see the cops and their flashing lights she probably couldn't see the speedo either.

hahahaha thats a good point

[Cúl-Báire]

90 seconds without looking in your rear view mirror, nor hearing the sirens, or seeing the flashing lights glancing off your rear or wing mirrors? That's a pretty decent cause for concern, I think. I check my rearview briefly every 10 or 15 seconds, and this woman didn't do it for 90 seconds, over the limit?

Talk about tunnel vision >.<

Not really, 90 seconds without looking in the rear view mirrors on what one would assume to be a rather empty road in middle of no-where is probably not all that uncommon!.. Not to mention driving a Camary at 164kph is going to be like riding a mechanical bull on the "world champ bull rider" setting no wonder she couldn't see or hear the cops! :-P

[Jesterarts]

Saw this story for a moment on the news last night.

She didn't realize she was doing 160kmph?? I think she should be banned from driving based on THAT fact alone let alone that she was 'hooning'.

What is annpying is the fact that the articles are very tame compared to the flurry of stern statements and harsh words from the police whenever its someone young let alone a p-plater.

[TVR-190]

As someone who has been trained and driven under lights and sirens, NOBODY is expected to break any laws to let emergency vehicles through. At a set of lights, if there is no way though, the training we get means we turn the siren off and leave the lights on and wait.

The biggest problem with sirens is they're not loud enough. Without having a stereo up too loud, in a new car you don't often hear the sirens. But you should be aware enough of everything around you that you see the lights.

they need to start using the rumblers that they have started using over in the U.S