State Highway Patrol detected more than 200 offences during a recent blitz on major arterials in Melbourne's southeast.
Operation Hammerhead was conducted over two nights, on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 July, targeting speeding motorists.
Police focused enforcement efforts on the Monash Freeway, Princes Highway, and surrounding roads.
The operation saw 103 motorists caught speeding with 73 of those detected travelling between 10km/h and 25km/h over the speed limit.
There were a further 28 drivers caught travelling at high speeds of 25km/h or more over the speed limit.
Six motorists were caught drink driving from 166 preliminary breath tests with four detected for exceeding a blood alcohol limit of 0.05 BAC and two detected exceeding 0.00 BAC.
A further seven drivers were detected for drug driving offences, with police conducting 87 roadside drug tests.
Other offences detected during the operation included 13 disqualified/suspended/unlicensed drivers, eight disobey traffic signs/signals, seven vehicle impoundments and three mobile phone infringements.
A total of 230 offences were detected.
State Highway Patrol will continue to work with local police to conduct target road policing operations across Victoria in an effort to reduce road trauma.
Quotes attributable to Road Policing Operations and Investigations Division Superintendent, John Fitzpatrick:
"Speeding drivers on Melbourne's major freeways and highways pose a significant risk to themselves and other road users - particularly those choosing to travel at excessively high speeds.
"It is evident these drivers have a blatant disregard for the road rules and the safety of others.
"State Highway Patrol will continue to run operations like Hammerhead to ensure we are catching and removing these dangerous drivers from our roads.
"Speeding continues to be a major contributor in serious injury and fatal collisions, and we are seeing that play out again in this year's road trauma.
"The likelihood of being involved in a collision increases significantly when travelling at higher speeds. We need people to slow down and adhere to the speed limits, and those that do not will be held to account".
