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A 26-year-old man has been fined $1500 for test driving a Mini Cooper S at 170 km/h on Roe Highway.
Steven James Atkinson failed to appear in the Perth Magistrate's Court today on a charge of reckless driving and was convicted and sentenced in his absence.
The speed limit for that part of the highway is 100 km/h.
The court was told he had been driving 170 km/h on the highway in Beckenham at 3.44pm on January 30, when he was caught speeding by a multanova.
Auto Classic in Burswood was forced to surrender the $45,000 Mini to police under the State's anti-hoon laws.
Dealer principal Darrin Brandon appealed the confiscation but was told that the bid had failed because he did not qualify for the hardship provisions of the law.
Magistrate Joe Randazzo said: "You wouldn't want to be over on that part of the road at 3.44pm on that Saturday".
He noted that it was Atkinson's first offence but said it had been a dangerous crime.
"To drive at that speed in these circumstances is to court disaster," the magistrate said.
He fined Atkinson $1,500 and disqualified his licence for 10 months - the minimum disqualification is 6 months.
Mr Randazzo said the extra period of disqualification was to act as a punishment and to reflect the need to protect the community.
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