Police will continue to crack down on dangerous driving during Easter following a road blitz that nabbed a repeat disqualified driver twice in three days.
Acting Sergeant Graeme Crouch said the man, 29, had been charged with driving while disqualified and other offences. His girlfriend could also face charges for knowingly allowing him to drive while disqualified.
A highway patrol officer on a motorcycle first caught the Wyndham Vale man using his mobile phone while driving on Shaws Road, Werribee, on April 1.
The man allegedly sped away before being cornered in a nearby court.
The car he was driving, which belonged to his girlfriend, was immediately impounded by police.
On April 3, the same highway patrol officer recognised the man driving past the Wyndham North police station on Derrimut Road.
He was pulled over and found to be driving another car that belonged to his girlfriend, who was also in the car. The second car was also impounded.
Acting Sergeant Crouch said since receiving a long-awaited police motorbike mid-last year, there had been a spike in the number of reckless drivers and motorcyclists nabbed by police.
He said the motorbike gave officers a greater field of vision to more readily catch drivers using phones or driving without a seatbelt.
Late last year, a road blitz caught 20 motorcyclists speeding, illegally overtaking or driving on the wrong side of the road in just 90 minutes.
Mr Crouch said the police motorbike frequently patrolled Leakes, Fitzgerald and Palmers roads, which are hot spots for motorcyclists flouting the law. “Motorbikes can get to places where police cars can’t and are able to manoeuvre through congested traffic more easily.”
He said every highway patrol car in Wyndham would be on the roads this Easter.
“Police presence will be higher than ever… There will be random breath testing and officers detecting the speed of drivers in main and suburban roads.”
