RCMP stops excessive speeders
On July 27, police stopped two motorists traveling at excessive speed. Both drivers were issued speeding tickets and licence suspensions and the vehicles were seized and impounded.
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, a 17-year-old driver was stopped for traveling 161 km/hr on the Trans-Canada Highway near Little Harbour. Later that evening, shortly before 8:00 p.m., police stopped a 61-year-old man, who was traveling 134 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on Route 410 (Baie Verte Highway).