The Ottawa Police Service is reminding drivers that telling an officer “I thought I was doing 150” will not overturn a stunt driving charge on Highway 417.

The Ottawa Police Service is reminding drivers that telling an officer “I thought I was doing 150” will not overturn a stunt driving charge on Highway 417.

The police Road Safety and District Traffic Unit said an officer observed a driver going 164 km/h on Highway 417 at Carp Road on Monday.

  • Rentlar
    2·
    19 days ago

    This is an expressway in Kanata, an Ottawa suburb, near a major regional highway interchange point. Google Map to see for yourself.

    If it were an Autobahn, it would be likely at or near an “urbanized area” with an enforced 130kph/80mph speed limit. But Ottawa is also cold right now, daily highs of -5 to -17°C this week (23 to 1°F) with snow some days, so I wouldn’t feel that safe going more than 120kph/75mph even when the roads appear to be clear (black ice is a thing and road salt doesn’t work effectively below certain temps) and less at night.

    • etherphon@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      19 days ago

      I see, thank you, being from the northern US myself I deal with a lot of snow and ice and people really go too fast, especially the ones in 4WD vehicles. It’s definitely dumb to speed in those conditions.