Motorist with 20 year suspended licence in Belleville

Almost 50 motorists have a better idea of what the Belleville Police Service Traffic Management Unit does, including one who shouldn’t have been driving for 20 years..

The team set up on on Dundas Street West yesterday and issued 33 Provincial Offence Notices for traffic offences. The highest speed recorded during the two-and-a-half-hour blitz was 86 kilometres an hour in a 50 zone.

Officers also did traffic enforcement in the Foxboro area, and handed out 15 offence notices. Police stopped one motorist for speeding, resulting his arrest because he was prohibited from driving from a previous criminal conviction. His vehicle was impounded for 90 days and he was charged with Driving While Prohibited. The licence of another speeding motorist had been suspended since 1990 for unpaid fines, and he was given a summons to appear in court.