(HALIBURTON, ON) – On May 31, 2015 at 12:19pm 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 Dodge pick-up truck travelling at a high rate of speed and determined the speed to be 133 km/hr in a posted 80 km/hr zone.
As a result of the traffic stop, a 17 year old male driver from New Market 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.