OTTAWA A G2 driver will spend the weekend without their vehicle after being stopped speeding 54 kilometres an hour over the speed limit on the Airport Parkway. Ottawa Police say an officer spotted the driver going 124 kilometres an hour on the Airport Parkway on Friday. The speed limit on the road is 70 km/h. The driver is facing a charge of stunt driving, which includes a seven-day licence suspension and the vehicle impounded for a week. Just south of the Airport Parkway, a motorist was stopped for speeding double the speed limit on Bronson Avenue. The Ottawa Police Service Traffic Unit tweeted a motorist was observed going 123 km/h in a 60 km/h zone.
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Posted: May 05, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 5
Barrhaven residents upset by ‘obnoxious’ stunt driving
CBC News Ottawa6 hours ago
0:43Kelsi Ashfield, who lives in Barrhaven, says she’s often disturbed by the sound of cars driving at too-high speeds on Strandherd Drive and is concerned about the dangers of street racing in a residential area.0:43
Some residents of Ottawa s Barrhaven neighbourhood are calling for a stop to the revving engines, squealing tires and dangerous speeds that they say have become a nearly nightly occurrence on the suburb s streets. It reminds me of being at a NASCAR speedway. It s loud, it s obnoxious, it s dangerous, said Kelsi Ashfield, who lives next to Strandherd Drive.
OTTAWA Four motorists are facing stunt driving charges after being stopped for speeding on Bronson Avenue, including one motorist facing a stunt driving charge for the second time in 10 months. On Monday, Ottawa police say a motorist was stopped going 123 kilometres an hour on Bronson in a 60 kilometre an hour zone. On Twitter, the Ottawa Police Service Traffic Unit said the same driver was charged for going 165 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 174 last July. stopped going 123 in 60km/hr area on Bronson today. The same driver was charged and convicted for going 165 in 100km/hr zone on Hwy 174 last July. @OttawaPolice#GetThereWithCare#NoiseMakerpic.twitter.com/tJWsG6ul33
OTTAWA Ottawa police hit the brakes on several motorists speeding into the weekend on a road near Navan. Members of the Ottawa Police Service Traffic Unit were out on Milton Road, between Navan and Russell roads, Friday morning. Police say seven drivers were stopped going 40 km/h and more over the speed limit. It’s been a busy week for officers with the Ottawa Police Traffic Unit. On Wednesday, a motorist was stopped going 157 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on Limebank Road. “Another day and another G2 driver learned that Ottawa streets are not raceways,” said police on Twitter.