(ASHFIELD-COLBORNE-WAWANOSH, ON) – A 43 year old driver will be without a driver’s licence for a week after he was stopped for speeding on May 6, 2014. At 10:30 p.m. a Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was travelling westbound on Amberley Road east of Lucknow when he observed a Toyota Solara travelling eastbound at a high rate of speed. The officer confirmed the driver’s speed with a RADAR device and a high speed of 136 km/h was registered; 56 km/h over the 80 km/h speed limit.
Upon stopping the driver the officer detected the driver had been consuming alcohol. A roadside screening test was performed and the driver registered a warn range suspension.
The 43 year old male from North Huron was charged with Racing a Motor Vehicle. He will have to Provincial Offences Court – Goderich on June 3, 2014 to answer to the charge. He was also served with a seven day driver’s licence suspension for the racing offence and a three day suspension for the warn range violation. His motor vehicle was towed from the scene and will now be impounded for seven days.