Police in Richmond are reminding drivers to slow down after their Road Safety Unit (RSU) pulled over a handful of drivers for speeding in a short period of time.
The Richmond RCMP’s Road Safety Unit (RSU) impounded six vehicles for excessive speed in just 90 minutes in the early hours of Saturday, June 7th.
All of the vehicles impounded were going at least 50 km/h over the speed limits.
The highest speed recorded over posted speed limit was a vehicle travelling on Highway 91 at Knight Street, where the driver was going 182 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.
In the early AM hours on Saturday, our Road Safety officers impounded 6 vehicles for excessive speed in a span of 90 minutes. All of the vehicles impounded were going at least 50km/h over the speed limits in their respective areas.
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“Two of the six drivers stopped by Richmond RCMP RSU had previously been impounded for excessive speed in the previous two years,” Richmond RCMP in a release.
“Richmond RCMP RSU also stopped a vehicle where the driver was taking his eight-year-old son to hockey. The driver was travelling 138 km/h in a 80 km/h speed zone.”
The child was in the front seat “with the seatbelt behind his back and not in a booster seat” as required by the law.
“Drivers engaging in this type of behaviour are putting not only themselves but every road user at risk. These speeds are a guaranteed life altering or life ending situation if a collision were to occur,” said Cst. Frank Tarape, Richmond RCMP Road Safety Unit.
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