BC teen earns $1,800 in fines after crashing into parked dump truck
BC Highway Patrol officers clocked a 16-year-old from Abbotsford doing excessive speeds on the Trans-Canada and the teen eventually crashed into a dump truck at an off ramp.
An officer used radar to record a grey BMW sedan going 180 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 1 near Popkum at 1 p.m. on July 21, according to a press release from police.
“To the officer, the speeding grey BMW made other highway traffic look like it was standing still,” Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said in the release. “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.”
When police arrived at the Highway 9 off-ramp where the BMW hit the dump truck, they realized it was the same BMW that sped away moments earlier.
The driver had a Class 7 Learner’s License and the passengers were two teenage boys.
“The passengers were not impressed. Hopefully the driver will learn that peer pressure works both ways,” Cpl. McLaughlin. “He will also have to explain why his stepmother’s car is sitting in an impound lot with thousands of dollars in damage.”
The 16-year-old was hit with nine fines totalling $1,793, a 12-month driving prohibition and an automatic seven-day impound of the vehicle.
"We tell you these stories because we want you to stay safe and avoid the financial pain of enforcement and the emotional and physical pain of collisions,” Cpl. McLaughlin said. “Make a conscious decision to slow down and obey the law every time you start your car.”
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