Members of the B.C. Highway Patrol nabbed pair of extremely lead-footed drivers in the Prince George area recently.
On July 14, a member was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 97 and clocked a Volkswagen Jetta hitting 122 km/h in a 70-km/h zone.
"Upon stopping the vehicle, the driver was found to be unlicensed and without insurance," BCHP said in a release.
Two days earlier a driver of a BMW from Alberta was stopped for going 212 km/h in a 100-km/h zone on the Cariboo Highway in Prince George.
They were among the example the BCHP listed from across the province as part of a plea for drivers to slow down following a series of fatal crashes.
All were issued tickets between of $368 and $483 and their vehicles were impounded for seven days.
They were also responsible for the cost of towing and storage related to the impoundment.
And they will be subject to three demerit points and could be prohibited from driving by the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles for up to a year.
Once the prohibition ends, they would have to start the two-year process toward getting a full-privilege driver's licence over again, according to Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
Since July 1, BCHP members have issued 132 violation tickets and counting for excessive speed.
Every driver needs to realize that the consequences for excessive speeding go far beyond getting an expensive ticket and your vehicle impounded. You have far less time to react to anything when going that fast which is why excessive speed is so deadly," BCHP acting operations officer Insp. Chad Badry said.
