Just 'cruising' at 145km/h

A speeding motorist has tried to talk his way out of a ticket by telling police he had his cruise control set ... at 145km/h.

The Perth driver, clocked at 145km/h near Mount Magnet this afternoon, allegedly told police: “I had my cruise control set at 145km/h, I can’t have been doing 151 km/h.”

Senior Constable Rickie Winikerei said he had heard all manner of excuses in 17 years of policing.

“Nothing surprises me,” he said.

“One person speeding near Cue six months ago told me they were travelling downhill, but it was a flat road.

"You hear it all in this job.”

He said the driver caught today would get a $400 infringement notice.