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CTV News
6 days ago
- CTV News
Two motorists charged with stunt driving on Highway 17 in single day
This stock image shows the speedometer of a modern car shows a high driving speed with a motion blur added for effect. (File photo/Denis Rozhnovsky/GettyImages) Two motorists were charged with stunt driving on Highway 17 in separate incidents near Greater Sudbury on the same day, Ontario Provincial Police said on social media. Both drivers were travelling at excessive speeds and were charged with stunt driving on June 12. The first incident occurred in Walden, when OPP stopped a 22-year-old driver from Worthington after their vehicle was recorded travelling 156 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone – 66 km/h over the speed limit. June 12 - OPP - Walden - Stunt Driving A 22-year-old motorist was stopped on Highway 17 travelling at 156 km/h in a 90 km/h zone was charged with stunt driving by Ontario Provincial Police. (Ontario Provincial Police/Facebook) Later that day, officers pulled over a second driver in Markstay-Warren. The 41-year-old Warren resident was allegedly travelling at 141 km/h in a zone with the same 90 km/h speed limit, surpassing the roadway's maximum allowed speed by more than 50 km/h. June 12 - OPP - Markstay - Stunt Driving A 41-year-old motorist was stopped on Highway 17 travelling at 141 km/h in a 90 km/h zone was charged with stunt driving by Ontario Provincial Police. (Ontario Provincial Police/Facebook) Additional penalties In addition to the charges, both motorists also received a 30-day driver's licence suspension and the vehicles involved were impounded for 14 days at the owner's expense. Court-imposed penalties for stunt driving may include a fine of up to $10,000, a driver's licence suspension of up to three years and/or up to six months in jail. In Ontario, drivers face a minimum first-time fine for stunt driving of $2,000 upon conviction. Both accused are scheduled to appear in court at a later date to answer the charges. 'Slow down (and) drive safe,' said Const. Rob Lewis.
Irish Times
05-06-2025
- Irish Times
Shout out to the woman who trapped me in my car in Tesco car park
It finally happened. I saw a driver getting caught breaking a red light. Just when I had almost given up on any kind of policing of the decline in motorist behaviour, the flashes of an unmarked Garda car brought back a smidgen of hope. Driving behaviour since Covid has been steadily declining. Speeding, impatience, phone use, complete abandonment of the rules of the road and abject rage at anyone obeying them is now commonplace. In January it was promised that red light cameras would address some of the problems, but I drive through and across various parts of the city several times a week and things are still deteriorating. So much so that I've started keeping a mental running tally of the very worst of drivers currently terrorising the roads. The white van man who overtook me as I dared to stop at a red light. The junction in question is a busy crossroads near where I live in Dublin 8, with four sets of traffic lights and two pedestrian crossings. The car in front of me went through on orange and I stopped on red. Enraged, the man behind me leant on his horn and then sped up to overtake my stationary car on a fully red light, careening through a – thankfully empty – pedestrian crossing with a green man. I can only assume this man was a paediatric cardiac surgeon on his way to a life-saving emergency. Nothing else could explain his behaviour. The woman in the Mercedes who beeped at me for not moving into a yellow box . She had looked up from her phone long enough to see that I hadn't closed the gap between my car and the one in front to her required two millimetres and was immediately incensed. She didn't care that I was respecting the very obvious and bright yellow box as required by the rules of the road. She cares not for yellow boxes, only rage and terrible driving. And her phone. READ MORE Ninety-eight per cent of people using roundabouts. What happened to indicating? What happened to being in the correct lane? What happened to humanity? The man watching TikToks on the M50, while driving at 100km an hour. I know he was doing this because I was driving behind him, aghast, as he flipped through cat videos and Gen Z vintage clothing hauls. Well, actually, I couldn't see what the content was. It's just that my TikTok feed (which I watch mostly while sitting on my bed in a towel with wet hair) is cat videos and Gen Z vintage clothing hauls. His is probably '13 of the worst traffic pile-ups ever' or similar. The woman who trapped me in my vehicle in the car park of a Big Tesco. To give her an iota of grace, I will acknowledge that the car park in question has ludicrously small spaces and is in a salubrious part of Dublin where the cars are all wider and taller than any city vehicle needs to be. I had tucked my Nissan Juke into a space with the passenger side mere inches from a wall. She then promptly reversed her combine harvester in beside me as I was gathering my bags for life and trolley tokens, and left about 11cm of space between her door and mine. I tried to gain her attention as she abseiled down from her vehicle but to no avail. I simply had to wait the 15 minutes for her to return. [ Changing your playlist can make you a safer driver, claims Allianz research Opens in new window ] Anyone who 'swan necks' around corners. I had an amazing driving instructor in my early 20s who told me that the very worst motorists will take a big swing out to get around a corner, usually oblivious to other cars in the lane to their right. Unless you're in a bus or a truck you don't need two metres of clearance. I'm this close to advocating for new driving tests every five years. The man in the obnoxious pickup truck who blocked the yellow box at the gate where I live. He failed to move forward even when traffic allowed because he was on his phone, made an obscene gesture when I gave the politest of bips to alert him to the obstruction he was causing, and then, to add insult to injury, had a 'climate denier' sticker on his tailgate. Maybe the roll bars on his preposterous giant tractor will save him when the apocalypse comes.
RNZ News
04-06-2025
- Automotive
- RNZ News
Three charged after Hamilton anti-social car chaos which left one person seriously injured
Police continue to investigate a number of vehicles seen blocking or obstructing intersections. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Three drivers have been charged after a night of anti-social car chaos in Hamilton in May. On Saturday 24 May, police were called to multiple large gatherings around the city and outlying areas. During one gathering, a person was seriously injured after being struck by a car doing burnouts on Horotiu Bridge Road at around 12.45am. At another gathering on Airport Road approximately 300 cars were said to be congregating, with around 20 cars performing skids on the road. Three drivers, aged 20, 21 and 23, have since been charged with a range of different offences . The 20 year-old was charged with operating a vehicle in a manner to cause sustained loss of traction causing injury and failing to stop to ascertain injury. The other two drivers were charged with sustained loss of traction, dangerous driving and failing to stop. All three vehicles have been impounded. In addition, police said a number of vehicles have been issued non-operation orders, and a number of fines were also issued to drivers and passengers. In a statement, police said they are continuing to investigate a number of vehicles seen blocking or obstructing intersections. "Police have also identified a number of vehicles and drivers requiring follow up action from the event on 24 May, and we continue to follow positive lines of enquiry in relation to those vehicles." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
CTV News
03-06-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Charges laid after large car rally in Cambridge
A Waterloo Regional Police vehicle in an undated photo. Waterloo Regional Police have laid multiple charges after responding to a large car rally in Cambridge Friday night. Police say they received several complaints just after 9 p.m. about a gathering near Sheldon Drive and Conestoga Boulevard. Roughly 200 vehicles were reported in the area, prompting concerns from local businesses about speeding, blocked driveways and excessive noise. Officers responded and conducted several traffic stops. As a result, multiple charges were issued, including: Two counts of unnecessary noise and one warning One count of improper muffler and one warning Three counts of failing to display licence plates One count of colour coating obscuring interior Two counts of failing to surrender an insurance card One count of failing to surrender a vehicle permit One count of driving a vehicle with no currently validated permit One count of modifying a vehicle without applying for a new permit One count of obstructed plate Police are reminding the public to report unsanctioned car rallies by calling 519-570-9777.
CTV News
31-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Ottawa driver facing thousands in fines for racing at 194 km/h on Hwy. 417
An Ottawa G2 driver clocked 194 km/h on Highway 417 while racing another vehicle on Friday, OPP say. (OPP/X) An Ottawa driver will face thousands of dollars in fines for allegedly racing nearly 100 km/h over the speed limit on Highway 417. Ontario Provincial Police officers stopped the vehicle after it was observed racing another vehicle on Friday evening. The car was found to be going up to 194 km/h on the highway where the speed limit is 100 km/h, police say. Officers also found the driver was operating a vehicle on a suspended G2 novice driver's licence. Police charged the driver with dangerous operation and two counts of stunt driving, one for excessive speed and one for racing. They will also face charges for driving while suspended and the improper use of an HOV lane. 'Not only does the driver face several thousand dollars in fines, but they also face a criminal record upon conviction,' OPP said in a post on X. Earlier on Friday, a Kitchener, Ont. driver was also charged for stunt driving for going 208 km/h on Highway 416 in Ottawa. Stunt driving charges come with an immediate 30-day driver's licence suspension and a 14-day vehicle impound. Drivers face possible fines of up to $10,000, a jail sentence of six months, six demerit points and a minimum one-year driving suspension upon conviction.
