Officers attached to Hawkesbury Highway Patrol clocked the 22-year-old speeding in a Subaru Impreza in a 60km/h zone down Conrod Straight shortly before 7pm.

He was issued a penalty notice for exceeding the speed limit by more than 45km/h, was fined $2384 and issued six demerit points.

The man’s driver’s licence was suspended for six months.

The owner of the vehicle, a female provisional licence holder, was a passenger in the vehicle at the time and was allowed to drive the vehicle from the scene.