Sûreté du Québec reports 160 km/h stop on Autoroute 40

Police on autoroute 40 in Montreal stopped a 36-year-old motorcyclist after recording him at 160 km/h in a 50 km/h zone near Autoroute 13. The stop happened Saturday around 1 h on the eastbound lanes, after patrol officers spotted the motorcycle traveling too fast.

When police tried to intercept him, the driver accelerated and kept going. He then took the exit for boulevard Côte-Vertu and ended up on the service road, where the speed reading was taken.

Four tickets on Autoroute 40

The motorcyclist received four traffic tickets totaling 3268 $. The citations covered speeding, driving between midnight and 5 h while holding an apprentice permit, zigzag passing, and obstructing enforcement of the Highway Safety Code.

Police also added 32 demerit points to his driving record. His licence was suspended immediately for seven days, turning one stop into a set of penalties that went far beyond a single speeding ticket.

Sûreté du Québec statement

The Sûreté du Québec published a statement on Monday about the incident. The case puts the focus on how quickly a routine patrol stop can escalate once a driver continues after police signal him to pull over.

For anyone driving on autoroute 40, the outcome here is straightforward: the recorded speed, the apprentice permit, and the attempt to leave the patrol on the highway all became part of the enforcement case, and the penalties were handed out the same day.