Police clocked the 35-year-old at 94kph at a Raglan St pedestrian crossing at 8.50am last Wednesday. Police would

have confiscated the man's vehicle if he was clocked at three kilometres faster.

The Daylesford man, who was driving a ford sedan, was fined $396 and forfeited six demerit points. He is expected

to have his license suspended.

Moorabool Traffic Management Unit Senior Constable Ian Davis described the man's behaviour as extremely

dangerous.

"To drive that fast near a pedestrian crossing is very reprehensible," Sen Const Davis said.

"The school crossing flags were up and it was that time of the morning when kids were walking to school," he said.

Sen Const Davis said the offender told police he was running late for an appointment for a roadworthy test.

He said Moorabool TMU was in the middle of a blitz in the Hepburn Springs and Daylesford area.

The blitz will target drink driving, unregistered vehicles and speed.

"There will be marked and unmarked police cars so my advice to drivers would be to slow down.

St Michael's Primary School principal David Baxter said driving over the speed limit near schools was

irresponsible.

"We'd just like people to respect and obey the speed limits, especially around schools. Between our students and

the secondary college, there would be a lot of kids using that crossing in the mornings," Mr Baxter said.

"It's not a regular thing thank goodness. We haven't heard many cases like this before," he said.

Daylesford Secondary College principal Heather McIntyre said the driver acted irresponsibly.

"We try to encourage our students to use the crossing so it's not a good thing to have happening," Mrs McIntyre

said.

"The crossing is well identified so there's no excuse," she said.