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North Van RCMP score hat trick against trio of excessive speeders

Police pulled over three drivers going more than 40 kilometres per hour above the posted speed limit in one hour on Friday night.
Jane Seyd
Jane Seyd
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North Vancouver RCMP pulled over this driver going 142 kilometres per hour on Highway 1 Friday night. | North Vancouver RCMP

North Vancouver RCMP scored a trifecta of tickets against lead-footed drivers within one hour Friday night on the Upper Levels highway.

Three excessive speeders were pulled over on Highway 1 between the Lonsdale and Westview exits within an hour between 9 and 10 p.m. Nov. 3.

They included a Surrey driver in a white Mitsubishi SUV clocked at 141 kilometres an hour, a Mazda SUV nabbed going 133 km/h and a Vancouver driver in a Saab doing 142 km/h.

All three drivers had their rides impounded for seven days for excessive speed.

Excessive speed – going more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit – also earned all three drivers tickets of $368 plus three points on their drivers licences.

Const. Mansoor Sahak, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP, said it’s unusual for police to nab that many excessive speeders in such a short space of time.

“The speeds we are seeing are unusual and unsafe,” he said.

According to ICBC, vehicle owners must pay the towing and storage costs for their impounded vehicle even if they weren’t driving it.

Fines and the time period for vehicle impoundment go up for subsequent tickets.

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