Police suspended a French visitor's licence on the spot on Monday after he was nabbed doing 93km/h through Hari Hari township.
As a result, he forfeited his rental vehicle and was continuing his holiday using public transport.
Yesterday, a tourist driver was also escorted by police back to Greymouth and had their vehicle confiscated following an incident on the Coast Road near Barrytown. A marked police car witnessed sustained driving by the tourist across double yellow lines.
Hokitika police apprehended a driver yesterday after being handed video evidence of dangerous overtaking on the Awatuna straight on State highway 6. Acting sergeant Paul Watson said a local resident had filmed the dangerous manoeuvre on their dash cam.
