CRICKET superstar Kevin Pietersen has been busted speeding in a $475,000 yellow Lambo

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UPDATE 5.14pm: CRICKET superstar Kevin Pietersen has been busted speeding in a $475,000 yellow Lamborghini outside Melbourne.

The English batsman – fresh from a man-of-the-match performance in the second Ashes Test in Adelaide – was nabbed by a police officer using a laser speed detector.

The 30-year-old was allegedly travelling at 121km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Geelong Ring Rd at 2.35pm, despite earlier vowing to the Herald Sun that he would make sure he didn't breach any of Victoria's strict road laws.

He said he was aware of the the trouble English Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton got himself into in Melbourne.

"I won't be doing any burnouts," he said.

But instead Pietersen was hit with a $239 fine and lost three demerit points.

His management has described the incident as "regrettable".



He had taken the $475,000 Gallardo LP560-4 for a spin along the Great Ocean Rd before he was nabbed by police.


He was not carrying any passengers.

Victorian Authorities are already making him an example to other drivers, with the Transport Accident Commission quick to hit Twitter, using Pieterson’s situation to impart the safe driving message.

“Pieterson out! Bowled out by the Christmas enforcement campaign. No-one will escape this season...3000 police on the road...Don't risk it!” the TAC tweet said.

The 30-year-old was seen cruising the scenic Great Ocean Road earlier today, and tweeted photos and comments from his scenic drive.

"Stunning beaches on The Great Ocean Rd.. Gorgeous drive!!!" he wrote.

It was the same high-powered sports car in which Pietersen was pictured in today’s Herald Sun.

His close mate Shane Warne had organised for Pietersen to drive the car.

As an ambassador for Lamborghini, Warne arranged a bright new yellow car for the man who ripped Australia apart in the second Test in Adelaide this week.

Pietersen picked up the car in Chapel St yesterday.

Pietersen had been briefed by Lamborghini Melbourne's managing director Andrew Smith, who has a house at Lorne, about potential routes.

The supercar is almost as flash as Warne's own yellow Superleggera model.

While Warne didn't organise it for Pietersen after losing a bet on the Adelaide Test as we were first told, it had been organised as one mate doing a good turn for another.

"This is Warnie's patch and when I'm in town, he looks after me," Pietersen said.

"Just the same as Sachin (Tendulkar) does in Mumbai or (Sourav) Ganguly in Kolkata."

Earlier, he said he felt for Tendulkar, who had to drive his Ferrari around Mumbai at 2am to avoid being mobbed.

Asked where he planned to drive the car in Melbourne, Pietersen joked: "Maybe up and down Chapel St."

[ebxr8240]

Yep they can be cought too... The price of the car ??? Whats it got to do with it ???

[Dezza]

Oh no! 11km/h over on the freeway! What a menace to society, I'm surprised he didn't crash and die because that's some serious hooning!


* end sarcasm

[fmc351]

How unAustralian is that, they didnt even plant a gun on him to get him off the field for a few weeks.

[Bucknaked]

Wow. Awesome news. Now I can sleep tonight.

[Jason[98.EL]]

the Geelong ring road is actually a 100km/p zone so they have it wrong there

he was doing 21 over the limit

Jason

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Jason[98.EL]

he was doing 21 over the limit

Jason

Oh no, how dangerous, 121km/h in a car capable of 300+

[TUF_302]

We should win the next test automatically cause of this lol!!

[FPV+fteT3]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Oh no, how dangerous, 121km/h in a car capable of 300+

And with enough braking to stop from 200k's in less time than a prius driving hippy travelling at 60k's on the same stretch of road.

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Oh no, how dangerous, 121km/h in a car capable of 300+

I agree with you there Damo

I was simply pointing out the fact that the Geelong ring road is 100 k zone

Jason

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by Jason[98.EL]

I agree with you there Damo

I was simply pointing out the fact that the Geelong ring road is 100 k zone

Jason

Sorry about that haha, I wish my section of the ring road was 100km/h... It seems more like 2km/h some mornings.

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

Sorry about that haha, I wish my section of the ring road was 100km/h... It seems more like 2km/h some mornings.

yeh I also think people are getting the western ring road and the geelong ring road mixed up

I also thought the western ring road was more like an 80k zone these days well the parts i drive on every now and then are

Jason

[kezzer]

I'm sure we can all rest easy knowing our kids playing on the side of the western ring road will be safe now ....

[Legit290]

they should stand him down from the next test!! speeding south african pommie

[redxm]

And what if he skips town.

[XR8putts]

Anything to take the attention off the Aussie cricket team eh? :P

[Iggypoppin']

Slow news day, another way for the gov to push how dangerous it is to speed etc etc. What a waste of news space.

[Silver Ghia]

He must have forgotten he was in Victoria, the nanny state, not England where if you're going a little over the 70mph (112km/h) limit on the motorways, the police dont normally worry about it.
Hey, thats a slogan for the number plate!! Victoria-the Nanny State

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by nitro xr

He must have forgotten he was in Victoria, the nanny state, not England where if you're going a little over the 70mph (112km/h) limit on the motorways, the police dont normally worry about it.
Hey, thats a slogan for the number plate!! Victoria-the Nanny State

So youre saying that in England 21km/h over the limit wouldnt have gotten a second look?

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by fmc351

So youre saying that in England 21km/h over the limit wouldnt have gotten a second look?

It would have been 9km/hr over the limit. (121-112=9)

[fmc351]

Originally Posted by nitro xr

It would have been 9km/hr over the limit. (121-112=9)

You compared two places, the offence was 21 over. Even in England 21 over will get a second look.

[Silver Ghia]

Originally Posted by fmc351

You compared two places, the offence was 21 over. Even in England 21 over will get a second look.

Read my original post again:

He must have forgotten he was in Victoria, the nanny state, not England where if you're going a little over the 70mph (112km/h) limit on the motorways, the police dont normally worry about it.

In other words he thought he was in England at the time he was doing 121kph.

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by fmc351

You compared two places, the offence was 21 over. Even in England 21 over will get a second look.

Nah he would of been fine there, on the motorways the traffic usuallys sit on 80 mph, well above the speed limit. Some in the right hand lane push 90, but usually early morning or late at night as its too hard with the sheer traffic volume at other times.

Unlike LA, where they dont care how busy the freeway is, you are sitting on 140 kmh nose to tail, even the police cars!

[Matt47569]

Originally Posted by nitro xr

He must have forgotten he was in Victoria, the nanny state, not England where if you're going a little over the 70mph (112km/h) limit on the motorways, the police dont normally worry about it.
Hey, thats a slogan for the number plate!! Victoria-the Nanny State

sorry thats already resevered for south australia

[Iggypoppin']

Originally Posted by Matt47569

sorry thats already resevered for south australia

Not a chance, Victoria is much worse. My drive over last year proved this, we have it easy in SA!

[ben_9876]

I hate victorian traffic law, When i was in england last my realitivies said you would need to be doing at least 100mph (160kph) until the police would pull you over.

[Brazen]

Originally Posted by ben_9876

I hate victorian traffic law, When i was in england last my realitivies said you would need to be doing at least 100mph (160kph) until the police would pull you over.

the aim of the game over there is to keep traffic moving.

[Brent]

Oh well gee, 21 kph over the limt in a supercar. Let's pull out the prayer mats and do 10 Hail Mary's and thank the almighty that the driver didn't burst into flames.....

This country is fast becoming an international embarassment. And let's not forget the cop who no doubt high fived himself with an erection the size of a 50 ft yacht mast whilst he ticketed an "international personality". 20 years ago he would have had the use 3 grams of brain matter and work out whether the driving was truly dangerous given the conditions, the car, and the traffic at the time. Not any more. Just book'em Danno. This crap makes me want to vomit. Its pathetic.

[jamesson1980]

Where's that Perth magistrate who gets all hot and bothered over speeding yellow Lambo's when ya need him

[prydey]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/...-1225968412920

Pietersen is the second high-profile sportsman to be caught offending on Victorian roads this year.

Former Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton fell foul of the law for doing burnouts in a Mercedes ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in March.

another article on fox sports. have a look at the bit i quoted. the media love making things sound way worse than what actually happened. hamilton doing burnouts (plural)?? he spun the wheels leaving the circuit. sure, he was seen and got nabbed for it but i wouldn't exactly call it 'doing burnouts'!!