Halifax Regional Police has charged two drivers with stunting.
Police spotted two vehicles traveling at a high rate of speed on Joseph Howe Drive in Halifax around 9:45 am Monday. Police say the officer clocked the vehicles at 127 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.
Police ticketed both drivers – a 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman – for stunting under Nova Scotia’s Motor Vehicle Act.
A stunting charge is automatically laid in Nova Scotia when a driver is caught traveling more than 50 km/h over the posted speed limit.
Both drivers were suspended from driving for one week and their vehicles were seized and impounded.
In Nova Scotia, the fine for stunting is $2,422.50 and six points are assigned to the driver’s record.