A 22-year-old man has been charged with stunting after police say he was caught driving almost 60 km/h over the speed limit Monday morning.
A member of the Halifax Regional Police’s Traffic Unit saw a vehicle travelling inbound on Highway 111 at a “high rate of speed” as it approached Burnside Drive in Dartmouth, N.S.
Police say the vehicle was travelling at 139 km/h in an 80 km/h zone.
The driver, a 22-year-old man, was ticketed for stunting.
The charge is automatically laid when a vehicle is travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.
He was also fined $2,422.50.
Additionally, six points were assigned to his record, he was suspended from driving for a week and his vehicle was seized.
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