(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – On July 19, 2017, at approximately 6:00 a.m., a Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Plover Mills Road, Middlesex Centre.
The black, Dodge sedan was measured to be travelling at 135 kilometers per hour (km/h) in the 80 km/h zone.
A traffic stop was conducted, and as a result of the police investigation, a 23-year-old male from Middlesex Centre, has been charged with race a motor vehicle, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act (HTA).
The vehicle was seized for 7 days, and his driver’s licence was suspended for 7 days.
The driver will appear in provincial court on August 21, 2017 to answer to the charge.
The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) Driver’s Handbook states: The risk of a fatality or serious injury is almost five times greater for vehicles crashing at 50 km/h or more above the posted limit on a highway with a posted limit of 100 km/h. The increase in risk is even greater on roads with lower posted limits. For example