Canadian Police Show Off C7 Corvette Stingray Impounded for Speeding

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Canadian Police Show Off C7 Corvette Stingray Impounded for Speeding


A Corvette enthusiast will have to forgo the joy of driving his Arctic White Stingray coupe for seven days.

That’s one of the penalties for driving too fast in British Columbia.

The Ridge Meadows Royal Canadian Mounted Police tweeted a photo of the impounded Corvette this week after the driver was caught going 34.18 mph over the speed limit of 49.71 mph (these figures were converted from kilometers to explain the weird numbers) across the Pitt River Bridge near Pitt Meadows, B.C.

If you’re caught doing more than 24.85 mph over the speed limit in British Columbia, you’ll lose your vehicle for a week and receive three demerit points and a fine of at least $368.

If this driver had been a repeat offender, he’d be facing even stiffer penalties, including impoundment for up to 60 days, additional fines if you’ve been caught speeding other times in the last three years, and payment of towing and storage fees for the impound.

The Mounties aren’t just being mean to speeding drivers. They say higher speeds mean higher risk of damage, injury, and death for the driver and anything or anyone they might hit. They’re just trying to save lives.

They note a pedestrian has a 90 percent survival rate if hit at 18.64 mph but only a 20 percent survival rate if hit at 31.07 mph.

What’s your opinion? Is doing 85 mph in a 50 mph zone reason enough to take your Corvette away?


Source:
CBC.ca

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4 COMMENTS

  1. thats right michael panasuik, it depends on (where) and (when) your doing it. and a corvette was made to go a lot faster than 49 m.p.h. a heck of a lot faster. than an average car, and stop a heck of a lot quicker than an average car. this ticket, and impound is just another money grabbing scam.

  2. rich: Unlike the perpetually poor municipalities throughout the US, Canadians, especially BC ones aren’t that strapped for cash and aren’t tools for hiding near stop signs to pull people over for not stopping. I’d like to see you stop within the same distance at 80mph as you can at 50mph. Let us know when you can achieve that m’kay?

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