New driver busted at 100 km/h in Vancouver school zone

Photo: Sgt. Mark Christensen

A new driver's excessive speeding near a middle school borders on "criminal" behaviour, says the Vancouver Police Department.

Traffic Unit Sgt. Mark Christensen took to Twitter on Wednesday to share an image of school zone signage that warns drivers not to exceed the 30 km/h speed limit.

Christensen writes that the individual was driving 100 km/h in the 30 km/h zone on a side street located near Crofton House School.

"N (new) driver can expect a driving prohibition in the near future!" he quipped.

Since the driver was speeding upwards of 60 km/h over the speed limit, they will be issued a minimum fine of $483 for excessive speeding and a seven-day vehicle impound.

While some drivers make up excuses for their behaviour, others tell traffic enforcement officers to change what they are doing instead.

Metro Vancouver Transit Police officers recently pulled over a driver who was speeding 53 km/h over the limit, and the individual asked: "Why police don't do their job [and] focus on the drugs [and] alcohol killing people."

Naturally, the point wasn't well-received, and Transit Police noted in a Twitter post that there were a staggering 252 fatal traffic collisions in 2019 in B.C. – and speed was the biggest contributing factor.