The City's Community Safety Officers are asking drivers to watch their speeds. (Submitted/City of North Battleford)

By Angela Brown

CSOs clamp down on speeders

Speeders caught racing 138 kilometers per hour over bridge to North Battleford

Jun 22, 2023 | 4:04 PM

Having a race on the bridge to North Battleford during the morning commute wasn’t a good way for these young drivers to start their day.

The City of North Battleford’s Community Safety Officer Unit (CSO) said three drivers are facing significant fines for speeding in two separate traffic stops over a 24-hour period this week.

CSOs carried out the traffic stop on Wednesday morning after two vehicles were seen involved in a race over the bridge heading toward North Battleford.

The officers were able to successfully stop both vehicles that registered speeds of 138 kilometres per hour in an 80-kilometre-per-hour zone.

Both drivers were considered “Novice 2” drivers, meaning they are still part of the province’s Graduated Driver Licensing Program. They each received a fine of $888 and had their vehicles impounded for seven days.

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In a separate report, a motorist was found to be driving 101 kilometres per hour in a 50-kilometre-per-hour zone on Pēyak Trail in North Battleford on Tuesday. The driver was handed a fine of $809 for the offence.

CSO Unit Commander Jerry Koliniak wants to remind you that driving at excessive speeds not only has significant financial impacts with fines and additional insurance costs, but it’s also dangerous, especially in cases where speeds are registered at more than 50 kilometres above the posted speed limits.

“Speed limits are established and posted clearly to protect the safety of not only vehicle operators and their passengers, but for pedestrians and other motorists,” Koliniak said in the media release. “It is extremely difficult to maintain proper care and control of a vehicle at those speeds. Incidents that occur when someone is travelling at excessive speeds like we have seen recently in North Battleford can be tragic, fatal, and are 100 per cent preventable.”

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