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High-speed P-plater nabbed

16/07/2015

A P-PLATE driver who only had his licence for six months was caught speeding at 83 kilometres over the limit near Doveton.
Police pulled over the 18-year-old Hawthorn East man at 2.40am on Sunday 5 July after he was clocked driving at 183km/h on the Monash Freeway inbound between Belgrave-Hallam Road and the South Gippsland Highway.
The teenager had his car impounded and will be charged on summons.

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