Grey Bruce OPP charged six people with stunt driving on the Bruce Peninsula Wednesday. (July 15)
Police gave a timeline of when each vehicle was stopped by officers:
12:59 p.m. – OPP stopped a grey car on Highway 6, near Limberlost Road, in South Bruce Peninsula that was travelling over 135 kilometres per hour (km/h) in a posted 80 zone. Police say the driver was a 51 year old woman from Kemble.
1:50 p.m. – OPP stopped a brown car on Highway 6, near Limberlost Road, in South Bruce Peninsula that was travelling over 140 km/h in the 80 km/h zone. OPP say the driver was a 23 year old from Richmond Hill.
2:23 p.m. – Grey Bruce OPP stopped a black car on Highway 6, near Limberlost Road, travelling over 140 km/h in the 80 km/h zone. Police say the driver was a 19 year old from Etobicoke.
2:43 p.m. – Grey Bruce OPP stopped two vehicles police say were racing on Highway 6, near Red Bay Road, in South Bruce Peninsula that were both travelling over 135 km/h in the posted 80 km/h zone. The drivers were a 61 year old from Etobicoke and a 52 year old from London.
4:05 p.m. – Grey Bruce OPP stopped a blue car on Highway 6, near Bruce Road 9, in Northern Bruce Peninsula that was travelling over 130 km/h in the posted 80 km/h zone. OPP say the driver was a 20 year old from Barrie.
Police say all of the drivers were issued a provincial summons to attend court, a seven-day drivers licence suspension and their vehicles were towed and impounded for seven days.
Grey Bruce OPP are asking the public to report unsafe driving, including excessive speeding and aggressive driving.
6 more drivers charged with Stunt Driving on Highway 6 in Bruce Peninsula yesterday after 8 other drivers were charged with the same offence on the same road on Tuesday. The #OPP is determined to combat unsafe driving on Highway 6 and other OPP-patrolled roads. #RoadSafety ^dr pic.twitter.com/BoB5vdmGsw
— OPP West Region (@OPP_WR) July 16, 2020