The message is simple, but it appears some local residents still don’t get it.
This week, Coquitlam RCMP explained its Traffic Unit caught a vehicle topping at 132 km/h along Lougheed Highway near Port Coquitlam before 11 a.m. on May 20.
That’s 62 km/h over the posted 70 km/h limit; the vehicle was immediately impounded near the stretch’s intersection with Orchid Drive.
Coquitlam RCMP spokesperson Const. Deanna Law tells Tri-City News that the Traffic Unit sees excessively speeding vehicles in multiple areas of the region and commuters are urged to follow the limit.
“Speed is almost always a common contributor to motor vehicle fatalities,” she says.
“Coquitlam RCMP’s Traffic Unit is continually out conducting enforcement throughout the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam communities.”
Our traffic team impounded a vehicle for excessive speeding after it was clocked going 132 km/hr in a 70 kn/hr zone on Lougheed Hwy at Orchid.#RoadSafety pic.twitter.com/ocg86M5Dki
— CQ RCMP (@cqrcmp) June 1, 2021
For Mounties, this was the second vehicle impoundment in four days.
On May 16 after 10:30 p.m., a Ford Fusion clocked in at 130 km/h along Lougheed Highway near the Coast Meridian intersection where the posted limit is 60 km/h.
A police motorcycle used its radar system to catch the driver.
