Teen driver gets $1,700 ticket, licence suspended after going nearly 200 km/h on Quebec highway
In the past week, Quebec provincial police (SQ) highway patrol officers in Laval handed out more than $16,000 in fines for excessive speeding tickets and impounded 11 vehicles.
Since last Monday, the SQ reported 11 motorists going well beyond the 100 or 70 km/h limits on one of the highways in Laval, with each driver looking at tickets of at least $1,400.
Motorcyclists' rides impounded
On Monday, June 23, at around 11:45 p.m., the SQ pulled over a 19-year-old motorcyclist with a provisional licence who was riding at 192 km/h on Highway 13 southbound in Boisbriand.
He was fined $1,761, had his licence suspended for a week, and his motorcycle impounded, in addition to getting 18 demerit points.
Three days later, at around the same time, a 33-year-old biker was going 160 km/h in a 70 km/h zone on Highway 440 westbound and picked up the same penalties.
Drivers fined thousands
On Tuesday at 6 a.m., a 45-year-old man picked up a $1,761 fine and 18 demerit points after he was clocked going 190 km/h in the 100 km/h zone on Highway 15 North in Boisbriand. He also lost his licence for a week and had his vehicle impounded.
The next day, a 25-year-old woman was going the same speed on the same highway in the eastbound direction in Laval at around 9:15 p.m. and picked up the same penalties.
On Saturday, a 19-year-old was clocked going over twice the speed limit (209 km/h) again on Highway 15 and received a $1,986 ticket and 24 demerit points. His licence was also suspended, and his vehicle was impounded.
That same night, a 20-year-old man was stopped going 177 km/h on Highway 13 northbound in Boisbriand, where the speed limit is 100 km/h. He got a $1,536 ticket and 14 demerit points, with his license suspended and vehicle impounded.
Again on Saturday, a 31-year-old was on the same highway in Laval and stopped going 174 km/h. He got a $1,461 ticket and 14 demerit points, again losing his driver's licence for a week and his vehicle as it was impounded.
On Sunday at 2:45 a.m., a 21-year-old man and a 62-year-old man picked up $1,611 fines and 18 demerit points for driving 181 km/h and 182 km/h, respectively, on Highway 15 north in Laval. Their licences were suspended, and their vehicles were impounded.
Again on Sunday, a 32-year-old man and a 20-year-old man picked up $1,536 fines and 14 demerit points.
The first driver was clocked going 175 km/h on Highway 440 east in Laval, and the second was going the same speed on Highway 640 in Deux-Montagnes.
Both drivers' licences were suspended, and their vehicles were impounded.
'The Sûreté du Québec reminds drivers that speeding is one of the leading causes of fatal collisions on Quebec roads,' the SQ said in a news release.
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