A man with three passengers in his car was caught doing more than 200km/h on the Majura Parkway, in what police said was one of an alarming number of high-range speeding incidents over the weekend.
ACT Policing said the 23-year-old Florey man, who was detected driving at 214km/h in a white Ford Falcon at 3.27pm, was one of two people stopped for driving at dangerous speeds on the same stretch of road in a two-hour period on Saturday.
"This was less than two hours after police detected a black Ford ute driven by a 39-year-old Gowrie man, at 1.40pm, travelling at 154km/h," police said in a statement.
"Both drivers were detected in the section of the Majura Parkway with a posted speed limit of 100km/h, and were issued with infringement notices for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h."
The officer in charge of traffic operations, Detective Inspector Marcus Boorman, said there had been concerning levels of high-range speeding incidents in recent months.
"Since March, we've issued 1650 infringements for speeding, 44 of those were above 45km/h over the speed limit," he said.
"Sometimes I'm lost for words. I've been doing this for a while now, and the behaviour and stupidity and the blatant disregard for other road users is unacceptable.
"When you're travelling at over 100km/h above the speed limit, the margin for error is minimal and the consequences are significant."
Police say most of the people fined for being more than 45km/h above the speed limit actually recorded speeds at 60km/h or 70km/h above the limit.
Detective Inspector Boorman did not say whether the speeding incident on the Majura Parkway on Saturday had been the 23-year-old's first speeding offence or whether others had been recorded.
He said police would work with the ACT government on how to address serious cases of high-range speeding.
"In other states, there are harsher penalties and consequences, and we need to look at and consider those and continue to work with the government and for the government to determine if penalties are applicable to an ACT environment," Detective Inspector Boorman said.
The penalty for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h was a fine of $1841 and six demerit points.
Police said they also detected a Franklin man travelling at 163km/h on Majura Parkway about 1am Friday, and a P-plater at 125km/h in an 80km/h zone on Gungahlin Drive on Saturday.
