At 9:14 p.m. Friday night, OPP North East tweeted that Sudbury OPP's Traffic Incident Management Efficiency team members had caught a driver traveling 43 kilometres an hour over the speed limit.
The vehicle was spotted on Hwy. 17 near Hagar, travelling at a speed of 113 km/h in a posted 70 km/h zone.
The driver received a ticket of $323 and four demerit points, a considerably lesser ticket than if the driver had been recorded traveling 50 km/h above the posted limit.
Any driver found to exceed the speed limit by 50 km/h or more, is eligible for a stunt driving ticket which can include:
- immediate seven-day driver license suspension
- immediate impoundment of the vehicle
- two driver licence suspension
- fine between $2,000 - $10,000
- jail up to six months
- 100 per cent increase to insurance rates
#SudburyOPP TIME Team conducting speed enforcement on #Hwy17 near Hagar. 113km/h in a posted 70km/h zone is $323.00 & 4 points. #speeding #slowdown ^cm pic.twitter.com/eeYSbXCwa8
— OPP North East (@OPP_NER) January 19, 2019