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Mom comes to pick up driver accused of stunt driving on Hwy. 417 in Ottawa (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)
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Ontario Provincial Police say an Ottawa driver whose previous stunt driving charge from May is still before the courts is now facing a new stunt driving charge.

His charge was one of four OPP laid Sunday night on Highway 417 in Ottawa's west end. Images shown by police show drivers clocked at 160 km/h, 175 km/h, 173 km/h and 156 km/h.

The driver facing the repeat charge needed help from his mom to get home, OPP said.

"This is his second charge for stunt driving since then! The previous charge is still before the courts. At least he didn't flee police this time, and was lucky enough to have his mom come pick him up at the scene," police said on social media.

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[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 months ago

"Stunt driving" should come with a lifetime driving ban.

If you were to point an unloaded, legally owned, gun at a single person you would not only get some serious charges but you would be banned from owning firearms. But driving a literal ton of steel at speeds that will pulp the body of anyone you hit, on public streets, is only a suspension.

Fuck that guy, and every other BMW/Audi/Merc weaving the 401 like they are playing GTA in their parent's basement.

[-] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

On the first offense, depending on circumstances. On the second offense, without exception.

[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 months ago

Hopefully mom doesn’t have her baby boy on her insurance.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

I hope she does. She raised an asshole and she should suffer the consequences of that more than anyone else.

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 13 points 3 months ago

Sometimes it's nature and not nurture. And we don't know for certain that she had the primary responsibility for raising him, either. Families can be complicated.

[-] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

That's fair. But I do have to wonder why she went and picked him up on the 401 instead of making him pay for an Uber/taxi to get home. Unless ofc he's under 18 at which point he shouldn't be racing a fancy car down a King's highway.

Strike 2 likely means he loses his license for a while. Maybe mom needs to stop rescuing him from himself now.

[-] rolling_resistance@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

“Each charge comes with an automatic roadside licence suspension of 30 days and a 14-day vehicle impound.”

The penalties are too lenient.

[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

For a kid, maybe. For an adult that’s 30 days of trying to figure out how to get to wlrkt

[-] Beaver@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Looks like someone didn’t learn their learn from the principal’s office

[-] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Fine his mum too.

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