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Originally Posted by johny
apparently another car was seized on Vancouver island yesterday??...
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Yup...the whole story here...
Island District
205 km/hr in a 110 km/hr zone
Share | File # North Island IRSU 2010-611 / South Island IRSU 2010-633
2010-11-24 15:19 PST
Excessive Speeding "et al" Highway 19, south of Campbell River BC 2010-11-24 @ 1000 hours
The Roving Canine Patrol of the Island District RCMP Integrated Road Safety Unit, observed a motor vehicle traveling at an excessive rate of speed on Highway 19 south of Campbell River, B.C. This alleged offending motor vehicle was captured on police radar traveling at 205 kilometers per hour in a 110 kilometer per hour zone.
The Roving Canine Patrol did not take pursuit of this speeding motor vehicle due safety concerns inherent and complicated by icy and snow covered road conditions present at the time. However did report observations and details related to this apparent offending motor vehicle to other members of the IRSU team.
Subsequently other members of the IRSU unit set up a police road check in order to safely apprehend the alleged offending motor vehicle. This apprehension occurred moments later north of Courtenay BC where the alleged offending motor vehicle was observed to be traveling at 160 kilometers per hour in a 110 kilometer per hour zone.
The alleged offending vehicle and driver were apprehended by police without incident in a road check set up for this purpose. The alleged offender was found to be of a New Driver Designation and on police system to serve a Notice of Driving Prohibition. This driver (20 year old male from Campbell RIver) has also been charged with Excessive Speeding, Failure to Display New Driver Designation and Failure to Produce a Driver's License. The related motor vehicle was impounded by police under the new Administrative Driving provisions