(MIDDLESEX CENTRE, ON) – On May 7, 2017, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed on Ilderton Road, near Adelaide Street North.
The grey Porsche car was measured to be travelling at 184 kilometers per hour (km/h) in a 90 km/h zone.
A traffic stop was conducted and as a result of the police investigation, a 30-year-old female from London, Ontario, has been charged with race a motor vehicle, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act (HTA).
The motor vehicle was seized and the driver’s licence was suspended for seven days.
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