From Friday July 3, 2020, at approximately 8:00 a.m. to Sunday, July 5, 2020 at approximately 12:30 p.m., members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and members from the OPP Highway Safety Division charged ten drivers after they were measured travelling 50 km/h over the speed limit along the Highway 401 corridor between the Municipality of Port Hope and the Municipality of Brighton.
The drivers between the ages of 27 years old and 68 years old are now facing stunt driving charges under the Highway Traffic Act for travelling at excessive speeds ranging from 157 km/h to 167 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone.
Each driver received a seven day licence suspension and the vehicles they were operating were towed and impounded for seven days. They are scheduled to appear in Cobourg court on scheduled dates in September 2020.
The Northumberland OPP remind motorists to slow down and obey all posted speed limits. Exceeding posted speed limits, following too closely, erratic/unsafe lane changes, and failure to obey traffic signs/signals are all forms of aggressive driving that puts everyone using our roadways at unnecessary risks.
SUBMITTED BY NORTHUMBERLAND OPP
