(TOWNSHIP OF MAPLETON, ON) – On Saturday April 7, 2018, at approximately 1:30 p.m., a Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was monitoring traffic on Wellington Road 8, south of Palmerston. The officer was travelling north bound when overtaken by a green pickup at a rate that appeared to be well above the posted 80 km/h speed limit. The vehicle was locked on radar in excess of 130 km/h, exceeding the posted speed limit by at least 50 km/h.
60-year-old Brian J. Stevens of Waterloo has been charged with Race a Motor Vehicle contrary to the Highway Traffic Act and is scheduled to appear in Guelph Provincial Court on May 16, 2018. His driver’s licence and vehicle were seized for a period of seven days as per statute.
