Again the media is having a field day over this one here.
Its the only excitement we get
Going to cheat on my Cayman and go to the 911 launch tonight.
Local news today:
September 03, 2008 07:14pm
POLICE have charged a WA man with reckless driving and impounded his Porsche but played down a report he had been observed speeding at 300km/h.
The 31 year-old man from Margaret River had been driving a silver Porsche at an estimated 300km/h on the Old Coast Road south of Mandurah, Channel Seven reported tonight.
Police tonight said the reported 300km/h speed was unlikely - and perhaps out of reach of the Porsche.
It is understood the figure might have arisen from an estimate made by police seeking to apprehend the driver, who initially was wrongly suspected to have stolen the vehicle.
Senior Constable Mark Burton, of Mandurah Police, said he had responded to a call from Bunbury police to look out for a Porsche travelling north at high speed that was believed stolen.
He said the vehicle turned out not to have been stolen and was not speeding when he intercepted it this afternoon at Herron, south of Mandurah.
"It stopped, but when my passenger alighted and went up to the driver, he put his foot on the accelerator hard and tried to do a U-turn and go the other way," Const. Burton alleged.
He said the car had stalled and while the driver was attempting to restart it, his fellow officer had taken the keys, sparking an altercation.
"We have no idea how fast he was going," Const. Burton said.
"It appears he has made it from Australind to Herron in 25-30 minutes so he was obviously going pretty good."
The driver of the vehicle had been charged with offences including drink driving, failing to stop, reckless driving and assaulting a public officer.
The Porsche had been impounded for seven days - for the "burnout" performed during the U-turn, Const. Burton said.
WA Driver held over &squo;300km/h trip&squo; | PerthNow
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