Driver clocked doing more than 60 kms over posted limit
Wednesday, September 05, 2012 by: SooToday.com Staff
OPP NEWS RELEASE
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Alberta driver charged with stunt driving
CHAPLEAU - On August 31, 2012 at 12:45 p.m. the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Superior East Chapleau Detachment were conducting radar patrol on Highway 101 in Caouette Township.
A 2011 Lincoln MKX was recorded driving in excess of 60 kilometres per hour [over] the posted 80 kilometres per hour speed limit and it was observed passing other motor vehicles unsafely.
The vehicle was subsequently stopped and the driver, 53-year-old Dairong Deng of Calgary, Alberta was charged under section 172(1) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario.
The accused driver’s license was seized and the vehicle was impounded for the mandatory seven days.
The accused is scheduled to appear in Provincial Offences Court in Chapleau on November 7, 2012.
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steelworker 9/5/2012 2:27:42 PM ReportGo Speed Racer Go!!!
Wheels17 9/5/2012 5:23:58 PM ReportHe must have thought he was The Stig from Top Gear on the BBC. That picture isn't of an LXX.
Alfie 9/5/2012 6:16:02 PM ReportGod Bless Him! Finally a 53 yr old that is in a hurry to get somewhere! Usually we're all stuck behind the older guy driving a Lincoln and doing under the speed limit...
speed7 9/5/2012 8:58:30 PM ReportA car like that its kind of hard to resist. However the law is the law. I do not like porches, beamers, ferrari's lamborgini's, etc etc... they belong on a racetrack or in a warmer climate. If there are children playing on the street there is no need to race down it. As I always say, the squeekiest wheel does'nt always get the grease!
