A driver has been clocked by Police doing more than 220km/h at Fullerton Cove.
Newcastle Highway Patrol were on Nelson Bay Road at Fern Bay at about 11:30pm on Thursday night when they detected a Mazda 3 MPS being driven northbound at 116km/h in a 70km/h area.
After passing police, the vehicle sped up.
Officers caught up with the car at Fullerton Cove where it was detected travelling at 224km/h an hour, before the 24-year-old driver was eventually pulled over.
He was issued a Court Attendance Notice for October, his licence was suspended and number plates also seized.