Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Caledon Detachment stopped several stunt drivers resulting in vehicle seizures and roadside license suspensions this past weekend, December 3-5, 2021, in the Town of Caledon.
On Friday, December 3, 2021 at approximately 10:50p.m., an officer observed two vehicles travelling side-by-side at extremely high rates of speed northbound on Coleraine Drive, north of Mayfield Road, in the Town of Caledon. Both drivers were stopped when they stopped before entering the round-about at Emil Kolb Parkway.
Two 18 year old drivers from Caledon have been charged with:
·       Race a Motor Vehicle
At the time both drivers were operating vehicles owned by their parents. Race a Motor Vehicle, like Stunt Driving, results in a 14 day vehicle impoundment and 30 day driver’s license suspension.
Shortly after this incident, an officer was conducting speed enforcement on Dixie Road near Old School Road at approximately 11:25p.m., when a vehicle at a high rate of speed. The vehicle registered a speed of 160km/h in the 80kmh/h speed zone.
A 28 year old driver from Tottenham was charged with:
·       Stunt Driving
On Saturday, December 4, 2021 at approximately 7:10p.m., an officer was patrolling Highway 10 in Caledon Village when a vehicle was stopped for 104km/h in the 60km/h speed zone.
A 23 year old driver from Brampton was charged with:
·       Stunt Driving
If convicted, the accused drivers face a minimum of $2000 fine and/or a 6 month period of incarceration. A further driver’s license suspension can be imposed by the court as well.
All drivers are scheduled to appear before Caledon Provincial Offences Court in January 2022.
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