16-year-old charged with driving 174 km/h on busy Ontario highway
Published October 18, 2024 at 11:46 am
A 16-year-old has been charged with stunt driving after police pulled over a vehicle that was travelling at nearly 80 km/h over the speed limit on a busy southern Ontario highway Thursday morning.
Ontario Provincial Police said an officer on speed enforcement duty spotted a speeding car on Highway 401 near Cobourg just before 10:30 a.m. The vehicle was clocked at 174 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone in the westbound lanes, police added.
The car was subsequently pulled over by police and the driver was charged.
A 16-year-old from Port Hope, a short distance west of Cobourg, has been charged with drive motor vehicle — perform stunt excessive speed. Police didn’t say if the driver is male or female.
The teen will appear in court at a future date. They had their licence suspended for 30 days and the vehicle was impounded for two weeks, police said.
Stunt driving in Ontario is defined as travelling at:
- 50 km/h or more over the speed limit where the posted limit is above 80 km/h
- 40 km/h or more over where the limit is 80 km/h or less
- a speed of 150 km/h or more on any road or highway