SPEEDER
MISSED APPOINTMENT
Reported on Friday February 26,
1999
The Barrie Advance
It makes one wonder,
what was he thinking?
Barrie OPP detachment
traffic unit was notified of a speeding
vehicle southbound on Highway 11
this week.
The vehicle was
spotted at the 6th Line of Oro-Medonte
Township and was clocked on the
radar unit at 150 km-h in a 90 km
zone.
The officer gave
chase and the speeder accelerated
to 194 km-h before he was pulled
over at the 2nd Line.
When the officer
asked the 18-year-old Orillia man
why he was in such a hurry, he answered
that he was late for a meeting at
POINTTS in Barrie. POINTTS
is a firm that fights traffic tickets
in court and this speeder was consulting
them about a previous charge.
The staff at POINTTS,
which advertises itself as the traffic
ticket specialists, will have their
work cut out for them, as the teen
is now charged with speeding, having
a radar warning device (which apparently
didn't work), failing to stop for
police, carrying concealed weapons,
dangerous driving and breach of
probation.