Six Stunt Drivers Charged

(MIDDLESEX COUNTY, ON) – Six more drivers have been charged in Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) area with race a motor vehicle – excessive speed under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA).

On September 4, 2016, at approximately 7:14 p.m., the Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) observed a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed eastbound on Highway 402, near Glendon Drive, in Strathroy Caradoc, Ontario. The vehicle, a white Mercedes car, being operated by a 51-year-old male driver from Mississauga, Ontario, was measured to be traveling in excess of 65 kilometers per hour (km/h) over the 100 km/h speed limit.

On September 4, 2016, at approximately 9:21 p.m., the Middlesex County OPP observed a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Richmond Street in Middlesex Centre, Ontario. The vehicle, an Infinity car, being operated by a 27-year-old male from London, Ontario, was measured to be traveling in excess of 55 km/h over the 80 km/h speed limit.

On September 8, 2016, at approximately 2:39 a.m., the Middlesex County OPP observed a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Highway 401, near Putnam Road, in Thames Centre, Ontario. The vehicle, a silver Toyota car, being operated by a 22-year-old male, was measured to be traveling in excess of 50 km/h over the 100 km/h speed limit.

On September 8, 2016, at approximately 7:55 p.m., the Middlesex County OPP observed a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Cromarty Drive, in Thames Centre, Ontario. The vehicle, a silver Chrysler car, being operated by a 27-year-old male from Central Elgin, Ontario, was measured to be traveling in excess of 50 km/hr over the 80 km/h speed limit.

On September 16, 2016, at approximately 9:49 p.m., the Middlesex County OPP observed a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Medway Road, in Middlesex Centre, Ontario. The vehicle, a black BMW car, being operated by a 22-year-old male from London, Ontario, was measured to be traveling in excess of 50 km/h over the 80 km/h speed limit.

On September 19, 2016, at approximately 12:02 a.m., the Middlesex County OPP observed a motor vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Wharncliffe Road South, near Commissioners Road, in the City of London, Ontario. The vehicle, a blue Suzuki motorcycle, being operated by a 22-year-old male from London, Ontario, was measured to be travelling in excess of 105 km/h over the 50 km/h speed limit.

The drivers’ vehicles were seized, and their driver’s licences were suspended for 7 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, on roads with a posted limit of 60 km/h or less, the risk of a fatality or serious injury is almost eight times greater for vehicles colliding at 50 km/h or more above the posted limit.”

For more information, please visit their website at: www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.10.1.shtml

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