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A WOMAN recovering from serious injuries she
suffered in a speed-related crash shocked highway
patrol staff when they clocked her driving 162km/
h on Friday.

The 25-year-old has been charged with
dangerous driving after she was stopped in a
70km/h stretch of Dyers Rd, in Bromley, at
10.30pm.

Acting Senior Sergeant John Hamilton said the
highway patrol officer who pulled the woman over
was ``shaking his head in disbelief'' when she told
him she had been a passenger in a car that
crashed in Opawa following a police pursuit in
2008.

In that crash the male driver was convicted of
failing to stop for police, dangerous driving
causing injury, and was ordered to pay her $500
for emotional harm.

She had suffered serious injuries in the crash
and was still in the rehabilitation process.

On Friday, she was headed to her mother's
house, but gave no explanation for her excessive
speed.

Canterbury Road Policing Manager, Inspector
Al Stewart, said it was disappointing that the
message about the dangers of speeding was not
getting through to some people.

"I guess some people are just slow learners.

``Our concern is not only for her safety, but for
the safety of other road users around her,'' he
said. ``Those speeds are totally unacceptable and
she can explain her actions to a Judge".

Insepctor Stewart said the woman would be
charged with dangerous driving under the land
Transport Act 1998.

A conviction carries a maximum penalty of
five years imprisonment, a $20,000 fine and one
year disqualification from driving.