DeBurcs, you too have missed the point. This is not just about a momentary error in judgement. 140km/hr in a 70 km/hr zone on Queens Road St Kilda is NOT a momentary lapse. It is serious sh1t.
How many kids walk along that road and cross over unexpectedly? My guess - plenty. At 70 you might have an option of stopping. Or not. But at 140 your chances are SUBSTANTIALLY reduced, and I don't care if you are Valentino himself.
The arguments presented by you and your mates to somehow suggest that this was only minor, it wasn't actually their fault, or some other ludicrous twist is seriously disturbing, because it indicates a propensity for pilots to break laws that are designed to protect our safety - something which should be sacred - especially to a pilot.