The owner of this Blade Silver C7 Corvette convertible will be doing without his Stingray for at least a week after being caught zooming past a policeman in Canada about 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Spokesman Cris Leykauf of the Delta Police Department in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia said an officer registered the Corvette traveling at nearly twice the legal limit.
“The Corvette driver was directly in front of our officer,” Leykauf said, “and they were approaching the Highway 99 overpass.”
That’s when he was caught. “Nearly double the limit” sounds terrible when you hear that the Stingray was doing 141 km/h in an 80 km/h zone, but it’s not quite as bad when you convert that over into miles per hour and realize he was going “only” 87.6 mph in a 50 mph zone.
What will driving 141 km/hr in an 80 km/hr zone get you? This and a hefty fine. Speed kills, and the DPD has zero tolerance for excessive speeders on our roadways. Please slow down and respect the posted speeds. pic.twitter.com/swYUP6NC8q
— Delta Police Traffic Unit (@DPDTraffic) September 2, 2020
Still, it was enough for the driver to incur a “hefty fine” somewhere between $368 to $483 and three points toward the speeder’s Driver Risk Premium. He’ll also lose the car for seven days plus towing and storage costs (at least $210) if he was a first offender. The impoundment increases to 60 days for any subsequent offenses within two years plus towing and storage costs of more than $1,200.
If he’s into that sort of thing, this Corvette driver had the distinction of being “the fastest vehicle on the road by far” at the time, according to the officer. Maybe he should just go to a track from now on when he gets the need for speed.
In August, by the way, DPD issued 25 tickets for excessive speeding in Delta.
Source:
Delta Police Traffic Unit
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i went 40 mph in a 20 mph zone… felt wikkid fast!
Geez, so what. Cruising speed. Come on people, don’t be so surprised or quick to condemn. These cars are made for this, 87 mph yawn. If it’s done safe then who cares and go away.
lucky he did do that in ontario it would have be $10,000. thousand dollard and only can get is car back after court date and paid the fine
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