A young Abbotsford male driver is now facing nearly $1,800 in fines after making several poor decisions on the afternoon of July 21.
The calamity of errors began when a BC Highway Patrol officer used laser radar to record a grey BMW sedan going 180 km/h in a 100 zone on Highway #1 at Popkum (near Chilliwack).
To the officer, the speeding grey BMW made other highway traffic look like it was standing still,
stated Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. The BMW was not pursued, but a few minutes later, a driver called police and said a grey BMW had gone through a stop sign and collided with his parked dump truck.
Police arrived moments later at the Highway #9 off-ramp and saw what appeared to be the same grey BMW that sped away from police. The driver of the BMW was a 16-year-old with a Class 7 Learner香蕉视频直播檚 Licence and two teenage boys as passengers.
McLaughlin stated the teenager was driving his stepmother's car and it was both impounded and received thousands of dollars of damage due to the crash.
The driver received the following fines:
- Excessive speed (over 60 km/h over the limit), section 148(1) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act (MVA) with a fine of $483
- Drive without due care and attention, section 144(1)(a) of the BC MVA ($368)
- Pass on right of roadway, section 158(2)(b) of the BC MVA ($109)
- Fail to obey stop sign, section 186 of the BC MVA ($167)
- Drive contrary to restrictions (no supervisor), section 25(15) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act Regulations (MVAR) with a fine of $109
- Drive contrary to restrictions (too many passengers), section 25(15) of the BC MVAR ($109)
- Drive contrary to restrictions (no
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sign), section 30.10(2) of the BC MVAR ($109) - Cracked windshield, section 239(1) of the BC MVA ($109)
- Improper display of front licence plate, section 3.02 of the BC MVAR ($230)
- A 12-month driving prohibition as the result of a High Risk Driving Report submitted to the BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles
- An automatic tow with a seven-day impound (at the owner香蕉视频直播檚 expense)