Senior Sergeant Jason Jones said the rider holds a provisional motorcycle licence, but now faces a minimum four month disqualification and a hefty fine.

“A police officer was doing speed detection in an unmarked vehicle, and he detected the motorcycle travelling towards him up Connaught Crescent and the radar fitted to the vehicle recorded the speed at 46 kilometres [per hour] over the posted 50km/h limit,” he said.

The red Honda CBR 500R was intercepted on Basin Road, and was seized by police for 28 days.

“Travelling at 46 km/hr over the limit, especially in a built up area, it just baffles police and unfortunately we’re seeing it too often at the moment and it’s highly dangerous,” Senior Sergeant Jones said.

“There are people around at 10.30am in the morning, there could have been kids in the area and we see no reason for why someone would do such a speed in a built up area like that.. by the time you’ve seen any sort of obstruction or another vehicle it would be too late.” 

Chair of the Road Safety Advisory Council Jim Cox said such incidents defy logic.

“It was a weekend, it’s a residential area, and who’s to say that there couldn't have been a child, an elderly person or anybody out in the street, the outcome could have been far far worse,” he said. “All he has done is lose his license but someone could have lost their life.”

Mr Cox said there is an over representation of motorcyclists in crashes involving serious injuries or fatalities in 2016.

“Most of our motorcyclists do the right thing, but there are still some who could only be described as idiots, who put themselves and others in danger,” he said.

“The message is really clear, and it’s tragically obviously when friends and family have to attend either a funeral or to the hospital bedside of someone who has incapacitated themselves for life. We keep advising motorcyclists to exercise common sense and ride to the conditions and that message will never change.”