A Barrack Heights driver who flipped the finger at police while speeding past them at 220km/h on the Hume Highway will be off the road for another two years.
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Kire Ivanovski, 53, has been banned from getting behind the wheel of a car ever since his arrest on Valentine's Day arrest, after attempting to use the busy stretch of road as his own personal drag way.
Court documents said multiple concerned motorists called triple zero around lunchtime to report they'd seen a white Holden Commodore driving at high speed near Goulburn.
Yass Highway Patrol officers clocked Ivanovski travelling at 205km/h as he approached them. When he drove by, he put his right hand out the window and stuck his middle finger up at police.
A short time later Ivanovski passed an off-duty sergeant so fast - the officer estimated the speed in excess of 220km/h - that he caused the policeman's vehicle to shake.
Ivanovski's was not pursued by police due to his excessive speed.
He eventually exited the highway at Gundagai and the car came to a stop on nearby William Street.
Police approached the car and told Ivanovski to get out but he refused, forcing them to pull him out.
Officers found four knives in the vehicle.
Ivanovski was taken to hospital for a mental health assessment before being charged with speeding and dangerous driving.
When questioned by police, Ivanovski proudly admitted his top speed had been 230km/h.
"If I hadn't of ran out of fuel I wouldn't have stopped," he said.
Police said Ivanovski's actions presented an "extreme danger" to himself and other motorists.
"The speeds the accused was travelling at were between 180-230kmh in a signposted 110km/h [zone]," they wrote in documents tendered to Wollongong Local Court on Tuesday.
"The accused showed total disregard for all other road users. If he was to have had an accident at this speed the results would have been catastrophic."
Magistrate Michael Stoddart said Ivanovski's behaviour that day was "disgraceful".
"You're lucky someone wasn't killed," he said.
"You don't deserve to be on the road for some time."
He placed Ivanovski on a 12-month community corrections order and fined him $1,000 on top of the licence disqualification.
He also warned Ivanovski about getting behind the wheel during his suspension period.
"If you get caught driving you're looking at 12 months jail," Magistrate Stoddart said.
"And if this sort of thing happens again, you're definitely going to jail."
