An angry police officer brutally sprayed a motorist who was caught driving 25mph over the speed limit at a major accident scene.
The driver was reportedly caught doing 144km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Bruce Highway at Goochie near Maryborough in south-east Queensland on February 13.
He also allegedly crossed the double white lines to overtake another vehicle.
Video footage taken by a police car showed the driver of the red Subaru WRX driving at high speed on the highway.
A police officer administered an angry spray to a driver (pictured) who was allegedly caught speeding more than 25mph over the speed limit
The police officer gave chase before pulling the 47-year-old man over.
The Buderim man was handed a huge fine of $1,780 and had eight penalty points deducted from his driver’s license, which was also suspended for six months.
The angry police officer did not save the driver from being charged for his driving.
“You just got a speeding ticket,” she told him bluntly.
‘If you reach speeds of more than 40 kilometers per hour above the limit, you will commit suicide or kill someone else.
“Maybe mom, dad and the two kids are coming the other way, we’re trying to avoid that.”
The officer explained how police have been traveling around Queensland in an effort to reduce the number of deaths on the state’s roads.
“People die on the roads in this state every day and we are over-represented in road tolls for all of Australia.
‘In this region alone it is worse than anywhere else.
The officer urged the man to slow down and drive safely as he got behind the wheel.
The driver was reportedly spotted by police traveling at a speed of 144km/h (pictured) in a 100km/h zone on part of the Bruce Highway
When the officer asked if he knew how fast he was going, the driver said he wasn’t sure and thought he was going between 70mph and 75mph.
The man was also fined $278 for crossing the double lines, for which he also lost your demerit points.
Acting Inspector Shelley Moore of the Maryborough Patrol Group urged motorists to stop speeding as it leads to fatal accidents.
“There is absolutely no reason to drive more than 25 miles above the speed limit,” Inspector Moore said.
“Police in the Wide Bay Burnett District work very hard every day to reduce the toll, we don’t want to see this type of dangerous behavior.”
Although deaths on Queensland roads fell year on year in 2023, 277 people lost their lives.
Australia last year suffered its deadliest six-month period in terms of road fatalities since 2010, figures from the Australian Automobile Association show.
A total of 677 people were killed on roads in Australia in the second half of 2023 through December.