NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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A 22-year-old driver from the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury has been charged with impaired-related criminal driving offences, as well as stunt driving, after being caught speeding 90 kilometres per hour over the speed limit.
On Monday, April 6, 2020, at 9:40 p.m., an officer with the York Regional Police Road Safety Bureau was on patrol on Bloomington Road, in the area of McCowan Road, when he saw a vehicle travelling on Bloomington Road at a high rate of speed. The vehicle’s speed was confirmed to be 170 kilometres per hour in a posted 80 kilometre per hour zone. The vehicle was stopped and the driver was showing signs of being impaired by alcohol. He was placed under arrest and taken to #1 District for a breath test, which he failed.
Charged:
- 22-year-old man from the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury
Charges Include:
- Impaired driving
- 80 plus
- Dangerous driving
- Stunt driving
- Speeding
High speeds on relatively empty York Region roads continue to be a problem. In March 2020, officers laid 104 charges for stunt driving for vehicles travelling in excess of 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit, versus 54 charges in March 2019. Speed kills and police are asking drivers to slow down and obey posted speed limits.
In 2019, York Regional Police received 3,500 calls to 9-1-1 reporting suspected impaired drivers as part of our Safe Roads, Your Call program. That was an increase of nearly 18 per cent from the previous year. Many of those calls led to the more than 1,700 impaired-related criminal charges laid. So far in 2020, there have been 725 calls to 9-1-1 to report suspected impaired drivers. If you see dangerous driving on the road that could jeopardize the safety of motorists and pedestrians, you are encouraged to call 9-1-1 immediately.
York Regional Police continues to remind residents that the safest amount of alcohol or drugs to consume before you drive is zero.
We’re not giving up.
For more information, contact York Regional Police Corporate Communications at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 2664.
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