Reduced traffic during the coronavirus pandemic has some Ottawa drivers treating the streets of the nation’s capital like a Formula One circuit, prompting police to launch a new initiative cracking down on the city’s speeders.
The Ottawa Police Service says it’s handing out more speeding tickets since the pandemic began, with 19 drivers pegged for speed limit infractions on city streets in April.
One driver was reportedly clocked going 163 kilometres per hour in a 100-kilometre-per-hour zone, while another was ticketed for going 112 km/h on a 60-km/h road, according to police. “Our officers are stopping drivers and riders travelling 30 km/h to 50km/h over the posted speed limit far too often at a time when we want to minimize the burden for