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Motorcyclist charged for excessive speeding near Bonavista Highway

Clarenville RCMP seize motorcycle

SaltWire Network | Posted: Oct. 3, 2019, 11:31 a.m. | Updated: Oct. 3, 2019, 11:31 a.m. | 1 Min Read
An RCMP photo posted on social media of its excessive speeding stop on Wednesday, Oct. 2. FACEBOOK
An RCMP photo posted on social media of its excessive speeding stop on Wednesday, Oct. 2. FACEBOOK - Photo courtesy RCMP

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BONAVISTA PENINSULA, N.L. — RCMP have seized a motorcycle and charged a man with excessive speeding on the Trans Canada Highway, near the Bonavista Peninsula highway turnoff.
At about 11:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, Clarenville RCMP observed a motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed, a Facebook post said.
Police say they locked in a radar speed reading of 164 km/hr. The speed limit is 100 km/hr in the area near the Discovery Trail highway exit.
The motorcyclist is a 52 year-old man from Little Catalina, who was charged under the Highway Traffic Act for exceeding the limit by 51 km/hr or more.
Police seized and impounded the motorcycle for three days and suspended his driver’s licence for seven days.
RCMP NL reminds drivers to obey the posted speed limit. Consequences for a first offence for excessive speeding include a $520 fine, an immediate three-day vehicle impoundment, and a seven-day driver’s licence suspension.

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