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RCMP Arrest Man In Ferrari Going 100 km/h Over the Speed Limit

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A Langley man had his Ferrari impounded after Mounties nabbed him going 180 km/h at a Surrey intersection where five people were killed in this collision in 2013. Photograph by: Submitted , RCMP

[caption id="attachment_83097" align="aligncenter" width="620"]A Langley man had his Ferrari impounded after Mounties nabbed him going 180 km/h at a Surrey intersection where five people were killed in this collision in 2013. Photograph by: Submitted , RCMP A Langley man had his Ferrari impounded after Mounties nabbed him going 180 km/h at a Surrey intersection where five people were killed in this collision in 2013.
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Surrey, British Columbia - On April 19, Royal Canadian Mounted Police impounded the Ferrari of a driver going a full 100 km/h (~62 mph) above the speed limit. At that excessive speed, it would certainly be reckless on an interstate, but the driver was clocked at that speed at an intersection in this Metro-Vancouver city. He was fined $483 for his lead foot driving and will not be able to retrieve his car for seven days. It was only last year that five people lost their lives in a tragic car accident at that very intersection.

Despite the extreme speed, which on some level makes sense for a man driving a 2005 Ferrari F430, Mounties were surprised to find a child inside the vehicle. The child is only 10-years-old and is his son. It was the sheer brazenness of the driver to put the child at such a risk that had Mounties fuming. Cpl. Robert McDonald upbraided the man by asking him if he was aware than an entire family perished in a terrible accident at that same intersection. The insolent driver acknowledged that he knew about it. In the end, Mounties were left wondering what would cause a person to endanger their own child.

The accident in question occurred almost a year this past April 29. The family consisting of the parents and three children drove a Dodge Caravan which ignored the red light ending up killing all the occupants when they collided into another car. The driver was clocked doing 180 km/h (~112 mph) when he flew through the intersection. For what it's worth, the man wasn't even coming close to the top speed that the 2005 Ferrari F430 can reach by a long shot. That car is capable of hitting a speeds of almost 311 km/h (193 mph).

[caption id="attachment_83139" align="aligncenter" width="300"]The driver was also ticketed $483 for excessive speeding. (Handout) The driver was also ticketed $483 for excessive speeding. (Handout)
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Source:
Ferrari driver zooms 100 kilometres over the limit with kid in car
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Mounties+impound+Ferrari+zooming+above+posted+speed+limit/9771773/story.html

Sean is a London (Ontario) based writer, and has been writing full-time for eCanadaNow since May of 2005, covering Canadian topics and world issues. Since 2009, Sean has been the lead editor for eCanadaNow. Prior to his work writing and editing for the eCanadaNow, he worked as a freelancer for several Canadian newspapers.. You can contact Sean at {Sean at ecanadanow.com] Google

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