A biker has been caught speeding at 77mph in Aberdeen city centre.
Police caught the 23-year-old motorcyclist as he sped through the Gallowgate – normally a 30mph zone.
The male rider has been charged with dangerous driving.
Another 31-year-old male motorcyclist today for travelling at 138mph in rush hour traffic north of Stonehaven on the A90. He has also been charged with dangerous driving.
The motorcyclists were caught as part of officers from the Trunk Road Patrol Group carrying out patrols on the A90 south of Aberdeen, focusing on early morning commuter traffic on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 July 2016.
The officers utilised marked and unmarked Police vehicles and over the course of the two mornings officers detected 12 vehicles speeding, 5 drivers using mobile telephones as well as a number of MOT and excise offences.
Five of the drivers were travelling over 90 miles per hour.
Sergeant Steve Manson from the Trunk Road Patrol Group said: “It’s concerning that all the drivers on the A90 were detected over the course of a few hours each morning in only two days.
“The A90 south of Aberdeen is always busy from early in the morning and anyone who travels that road will know how much additional congestion is caused by even minor collisions. Travelling at excessive speed, particularly in busy traffic, drastically increases the chances of being involved in a collision.
“It’s extremely concerning two motorcycles have been travelling at 138 miles per hour on the dual carriageway and 77 miles per hour in the city streets. Any collision at these types of speeds, particularly on a motorcycle, would most likely involve a fatality.
“The best case scenario for a typical reaction time for an alert driver is 1.5 seconds and at that speed they would travel nearly 100 metres prior to even starting to brake or react to the danger.
“We still have a disproportionate number of motorcycles fatalities in the area and these types of motorcyclist demonstrate exactly why this is the case. Despite our repeated messages and highlighting the issue with Operation Zenith, it’s disappointing that a small minority of people continue to place themselves and others in danger by travelling at completely inappropriate speeds.
“Road Policing Officers will continue to work together to target specific areas, routes or repeat offenders.”
