(SOUTH HURON, ON) – A female driver from Port Stanley has been charged with Racing following a traffic stop that took place on December 6, 2016. At 3:26 p.m. a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer observed a Jeep Wrangler traveling eastbound on Mt. Carmel Road at a high rate of speed. The officer confirmed his visual observations of the approaching vehicle with a RADAR device and confirmed the speed of the racing vehicle at a speed in excess of 60 km/h over the posted 90 km/h speed limit. A traffic stop was initiated and the driver was subsequently charged.
Joanne TINGLE, 46 years of age, from Port Stanley has been charged with “Race a Motor Vehicle”. She has a court appearance scheduled for January 17, 2016 at Provincial Offences Act Court in Goderich. Her licence was suspended for seven days and her Jeep vehicle was impounded for the week.
