A Nanaimo senior caught excessively speeding says officers should exercise their discretion when they impound vehicles, but the RCMP say there91裸聊视频檚 no grey area there.
Penny Hamilton, 71, said her vehicle shouldn91裸聊视频檛 have been taken away after she was pulled over going 120 kilometres per hour in an 70km/h zone in Ladysmith this past Saturday. Hamilton and her husband were on an errand to Duncan when she says she sped up to pass a car being driven erratically and a truck in front of it.
91裸聊视频淚 agreed with the officer, I91裸聊视频檓 sorry, I was speeding, I was trying to get past the little black car and the chipper truck, I didn91裸聊视频檛 see the sign where it says 70,91裸聊视频� she said.
Hamilton didn91裸聊视频檛 take issue with the speeding ticket, she said, but was shocked when she was told that her car was being towed and impounded for seven days and that she, her husband and their dog would need to arrange their own ride home.
Hamilton said with the ticket, fine, impound fee, cost of a rental car and effect on her insurance, 91裸聊视频淚 added it all up, it91裸聊视频檚 going to cost us $2,800 for a traffic infraction. I don91裸聊视频檛 believe it.91裸聊视频�
She said she91裸聊视频檚 never had a speeding ticket and added that she wasn91裸聊视频檛 unco-operative during the traffic stop.
91裸聊视频淚 was a commercial fisherman; I would use the F word and I swear, I did not use it. I was polite, I was courteous, I did what I was told,91裸聊视频� she said.
Cpl. Mike Halskov, spokesman for B.C. RCMP Traffic Services, said police 91裸聊视频渁bsolutely cannot91裸聊视频� use their discretion in instances of excessive speeding, adding that the Motor Vehicle Act, Road Safety B.C. and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure are 91裸聊视频渧ery, very clear91裸聊视频� on that piece of legislation.
He said an officer conducting laser speed enforcement sees a vehicle, not the person driving.
91裸聊视频淚n this particular case, unfortunately it was an older person that got pulled over for excessive speed, and it happened to occur during a month when we91裸聊视频檙e conducting a high-risk driving campaign,91裸聊视频� Halskov said. 91裸聊视频淓xcessive speed is one of the things that we91裸聊视频檙e out there enforcing heavily this month, as always.91裸聊视频�
Hamilton said she has already begun a process to dispute her ticket. She said some people offered to give her money, but she refused them.
91裸聊视频淚 wouldn91裸聊视频檛 take money from anybody. We91裸聊视频檙e using our Visa, that91裸聊视频檚 what we91裸聊视频檙e doing,91裸聊视频� she said.
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