{"id":16056,"date":"2020-08-08T01:30:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T04:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=16056"},"modified":"2020-08-08T01:30:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T04:30:39","slug":"halifax-man-p-e-i-woman-charged-with-stunting-on-hwy-102-118-in-fall-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=16056","title":{"rendered":"Halifax man, P.E.I. woman charged with stunting on Hwy 102, 118 in Fall River"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MAIN PHOTO: An RCMP officer checks the speeds of motorists travelling along a N.S. highway. (Photo by Sean DeWitt\/Wate<\/em><\/strong>rfront Hfx Media).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FALL RIVER:<\/strong> An 18-year-old man from Halifax has been charged with stunting after driving\u00a067\u00a0km\/hr over the speed limit, while a\u00a024-year-old woman from P.E.I. has also been charged with stunting after driving\u00a063\u00a0km\/hr over the speed limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 6\u00a0at approximately\u00a02:20\u00a0p.m., a member of the RCMP Southeast Traffic Service on Hwy.\u00a0118\u00a0spotted a car travelling at a high rate of speed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The officer activated the RADAR and measured the speed at\u00a0167\u00a0km\/hr in a\u00a0100\u00a0km\/hr zone,\u00a067\u00a0km\/hr over the speed limit,” said Cpl. Lisa Croteau with Halifax District RCMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the officer stopped the car and charged the man with Stunting under the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On August 6\u00a0at approximately\u00a05:40\u00a0p.m., a member of the RCMP Southeast Traffic Service on Hwy.\u00a0102\u00a0spotted a car travelling at a high rate of speed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officer activated the RADAR and measured the speed at\u00a0173\u00a0km\/hr in a\u00a0110\u00a0km\/hr zone,\u00a063\u00a0km\/hr over the speed limit, said Cpl. Croteau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said the woman was stopped and charged with stunting under the Nova Scotia Motor Vehicle Act.

“As a part of being charged with Stunting, which carries a fine in Nova Scotia is\u00a0$2,422.50, both drivers were issued an immediate seven-day driving suspension and each had their vehicles seized and impounded,” added Cpl. Croteau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The RCMP want to remind the public that speed is one of the major causes of serious injury and fatal collisions on our roads. Road Safety is a priority for the RCMP, and drivers are reminded to make it their priority as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you see someone driving unsafely on our roads, report it by calling the RCMP at\u00a01-800-803-RCMP (7267) or\u00a0911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAIN PHOTO: An RCMP officer checks the speeds of motorists travelling along a N.S. highway. (Photo by Sean DeWitt\/Waterfront Hfx Media). FALL RIVER: An 18-year-old man from Halifax has been charged with stunting after driving\u00a067\u00a0km\/hr over the speed limit, while a\u00a024-year-old woman from P.E.I. has also been charged with stunting after driving\u00a063\u00a0km\/hr over the speed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16057,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[2,50,1321,14,671],"class_list":["post-16056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-fall-river","tag-halifax","tag-pei","tag-rcmp","tag-stunting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}