Two drivers were handed stunt driving charges early Monday morning following a traffic stop conducted by OPP on Highway 26.
An officer from Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP was conducting speed enforcement on Highway 26 east of Poplar Sideroad in Collingwood. There, they observed two vehicles travelling westbound over the speed limit significantly.
Both cars were driving adjacent to each other as they crested a hill. They were parallel for several hundred metres before one vehicle began to pull ahead.
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The vehicles were clocked at speeds of 148 km/h in a zone with a posted limit of 90 km/h.
Both drivers were charged with speeding and stunt driving under the Highway Traffic Act. One driver was also charged with an unauthorized plate.
Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, section 172 (1)
"No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway in a race or contest, on a bet or wager or while performing a stunt."
The vehicles were impounded for 14 days, and the drivers' licences suspended for 30 days.
Both drivers are set to appear in court in September.
