TWO 18-year-old drivers lost their licences in the space of half an hour on the Loddon Valley Highway on Friday after they were caught driving at excessive speed.
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The first driver was caught at 150 kilometres per hour on the highway at Serpentine at 1pm.
His car was impounded and he had his licence suspended for six months.
The second driver was travelling at 136 kilometres per hour on the Loddon Valley Highway at Campbells Forest at 1.30pm.
He also lost his licence for six months, having only been on his P-plates for three weeks.
As part of Operation Crossroads over the Easter long weekend, seven people in the Bendigo region lost their licences for driving between 130 and 145 kilometres per hour.
Bendigo police detected 180 traffic offences - mostly for speeding - and conducted 2500 random breath tests on motorists.
Seven drivers were detected over the legal blood alcohol limit.
Five drivers also recorded positive readings for drugs.
Sergeant Peter Beaman, of Bendigo Highway Patrol, said police were pleased with the overall behaviour of motorists over the long weekend.
"Considering the amount of traffic on the roads over the period, it was a good long weekend," he said.
"There were a couple of minor accidents, but no major accidents and no injuries.
"Although the amount of positive drug readings we recorded was still too many."
Police in Castlemaine also reported a largely successful long weekend on the region's roads over Easter, praising road users for using good sense on the highway.
They carried out more than 500 breath test in the region, with no motorists exceeding a 0.05 blood alcohol reading.
Officers mainly patrolled the Calder Freeway from Elphinstone to Harcourt, where they handed out 20 infringement notices.
They also caught 30 motorists speeding.
Operation Crossroads was a statewide initiative of Victoria Police over Easter.