(HALIBURTON, ON) – On Monday July 13, 2015, at approximately 9:45 pm an officer from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic enforcement on County Road 503 in the Township of Highlands East.
The officer observed the driver of a black Jeep Cherokee SUV travelling at a high rate speed and as a result was stopped for “Stunt Driving”
The male driver, Arsalan TOUFIGHJOU, 31 years of age from Barrie, ON has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act (HTA). The vehicle he was driving was impounded, and his driver’s licence was seized and suspended for 7 days, under the stunt driving legislation.
Speeding more than 50km/h over posted speed limit is considered stunt racing. Stunt driving was added to the Ontario Highway Traffic act in 2007. The penalties for stunt driving also include a fine between $2,000 and $10,000 dollars, possible drivers’ license suspension up to 2 years on first conviction.