(HALIBURTON, ON) – On May 23, 2015 at 8:23pm an officer from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting radar patrol on Highway 35 in Minden Hills Township.
The officer observed the driver of a Ford Focus travelling at a high rate of speed and determined the speed to be 141 km/hr in a posted 80 km/hr zone.
As a result of the traffic stop, Aguilar SANDOVAL, 47 years of age from Toronto was 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.