Driver reaches 248 km/h, not fast enough to elude Leduc RCMP
A high-performance car and a pair of racing motorcycles were not fast enough to escape the attention of RCMP south of Edmonton.
An officer in a radar-equipped car was driving on Highway 19, ironically not far from the Castrol Raceway, when he saw the black M3 clipping along at a crisp 248 km/h.
That's near the top speed listed for the road version of the M3 on the BMW website.
Despite the extreme speed, the officer was able to pull the car over and charge the driver, a 44 year old man from Spruce Grove, with dangerous driving.
The posted speed limit on the highway is 100 km/h.
It was the second time in two weeks that Leduc RCMP charged a driver for extreme speeding.
On April 30, an officer was monitoring traffic on the QEII at Airport Road, when two sport motorcycles enter the highway.
The bikes accelerated rapidly, changing lanes erratically and without signaling, while hitting speeds up to 175 km/h.
When the officer tried to stop the bikes, one pulled over while the other fled.
The driver of the bike that pulled over — a 29 year old Edmonton area man — was charged with careless driving.
