City of Kawartha Lakes OPP – Sixteen-Year-Old Observed Driving Twice The Speed Limit

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(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – On March 9, 2020 an officer from the City of Kawartha Lakes detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 35 near Mount Horeb Road when a vehicle was observed travelling at an excessive rate of speed.

The officer stopped the vehicle, which reached a speed of 160km/h in an 80km/h zone. The driver, a 16 year old Lindsay resident was subsequently charged with Race a motor vehicle – excessive speed, contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.

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