SYDNEY - AN Australian mother was arrested for drag racing along a Sydney street with her two young children in the back seat, police said on Wednesday.

Police said the 29-year-old woman was clocked travelling at almost twice the speed limit on Wednesday night with her six-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter aboard.

They said the woman, who did not have a full drivers licence, reached speeds of up to 109 kilometres per hour as she and a motorcyclist held a street race.

Police stopped the woman and immediately suspended her licence and confiscated her car, charging her with a range of traffic offences.

The case comes after a newlywed couple received a scare last week when their limousine driver became involved in a drag race as he drove them home from their reception in Sydney.

John and Laina Tauranga told reporters that they were kissing in the back seat of the hire car when their driver began street racing with another vehicle.

Groom Tauranga told reporters he feared his marriage would be short-lived as the limousine hurtled along the street.

'We've just started a new life and we don't want to die at this age,' he said.

Police charged the hire car driver and the owner of the other car with illegal drag racing and confiscated their vehicles, meaning the newlyweds had to complete their journey home in the back of a police patrol car. -- AFP