(HALIBURTON, ON) – On March 10, 2016 shortly before 3:30p.m, an officer from the Haliburton Highlands Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting radar patrol on Highway 35 in Minden Hills Township.
The officer observed the driver of a grey Cadillac travelling at a high rate of speed and determined the speed to be 132 km/hr in a posted 80 km/hr zone.
As a result of the traffic stop, the male driver, W-Todd TAYLOR, 45 years of age from Toronto was charged with Race a Motor Vehicle, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act (HTA). The vehicle he was driving was impounded and his driver’s licence was seized and suspended for 7 days under the stunt driving legislation.
Speeding more than 50km/h over posted speed limit is considered stunt racing. Stunt driving was added to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act in 2007. The penalties for stunt driving also include a fine between $2,000 and $10,000 dollars, possible drivers’ license suspension up to 2 years on first conviction.
