Driver caught going 181 km/hr with child in car
Posted April 24, 2014 10:15 am.
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SURREY (NEWS1130) – Mounties are shocked over a case of extreme speeding in Surrey over the weekend.
A 2005 Ferrari F430 was pulled over at 176th and 32nd Avenue on Saturday after it was caught travelling at 181 km/hr, which is 101 km/hr over the posted speed limit.
“Despite the driver’s extremely excessive speed, the real surprise for officers was when they saw a child in the vehicle with the man,” says Corporal Robert McDonald, adding the child is in their early teens. “I don’t know how someone could put a child at risk like that.”
“The driver basically told him that he had just recently purchased a vehicle and he was testing it out,” he explains.
Five people, including two young children, were killed at the same intersection almost exactly one year ago when a car ran a red light and t-boned another vehicle. All five victims were members of the same family.
“The driver admitted to police that he was aware that very intersection was the scene of the horrific motor vehicle accident where an entire family lost their lives,” says McDonald. “He knew exactly where he was and what happened there; it just didn’t seem to bother him.”
The driver in this latest case, a 49-year-old man from Langley, was given a $483 fine for excessive speeding and the car was impounded for a week.
“A person might think they’re a good driver and they’re able to handle their vehicle; my response to that is you’ve got to look for the other driver. What if the person next to you is distracted or on their phone and they change lanes suddenly when you don’t expect it? At that type of speed, you don’t have time to react,” says McDonald.
“You’re not on a race track. It’s city… that type of speed is extremely dangerous,” he emphasizes.
