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‘I thought I was doing 150’: Police stop driver going 164 km/h on Ottawa highway (www.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 1 day ago by veeesix@lemmy.ca to c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

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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.

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[–] etherphon@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's 100mph, a bit fast but worthy of a headline? It's a daily occurrence here. Is this a road the runs through a city or something?

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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.social 2 points 16 hours 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.

[–] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans constantly drive 30mph over the speed limit?

[–] etherphon@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

On the highway sure, there is a stretch here between Milwaukee and Chicago and I've been doing 90 and some people still blow past me.