Police pull over P-plate driver they say was speeding with unrestrained child in car near Southern Cross

A P-plate driver will likely be stripped of their licence after allegedly being caught speeding at 145km/h with an unrestrained child in the car. In a post on social media, the Wheatbelt District Police revealed officers had allegedly caught the 23-year-old woman speeding at 35km/h over the speed limit in a 110km/h zone near Southern Cross. Police allege a six-year-old child was unrestrained in the vehicle at the time. “Bad afternoon for a Perth P-plater in Southern Cross district,” the post said. “145km in a 110km zone. “Unrestrained child = 20 demerits and $1350 fine.” The post was accompanied with a photograph of the alleged speed reading with the hashtags “#byebyelicence”, “#doingitforthekids” and “#doubledemerits”. It comes as WA last year recorded its worst road toll since 2016, with the preliminary figures showing 174 people lost their lives on WA roads. Of those deaths, 112 occurred in regional areas and 62 in the metropolitan region.