As a general rule, some speed limits are set too low. Others too high. But it's generally accepted that except in a known radar trap most cops will ignore people who go about 10 km/h (6 mph) over the posted limit. My choice for moron of the week, therefore, is a man who may have set the record for going over the limit -- in fact he was going 240 (150) in a 70 (45) zone, on Montréal's Ville Marie Parkway. The penalty: $2598 and in what may be a record in Canada, 42 demerit points. (In most provinces you cap out and get suspended at 15).
Incredibly, it was 3 am in the morning, and he was sober. I can't imagine what would have happened if he actually hit the tunnel that runs under the Old City -- I've driven that tunnel, and it's signed at that speed for a reason. Coming out of the west end, you actually hit a city street with signalized intersections. It's remarkable no one got killed or hurt.
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Yeah the guy was an idiot. There are stretches of good road where you can actually ride/drive those speeds at no risk to anyone else (except yourself and possibly an elk). Good, well divided highway where there are no intersections for a mile or two at a stretch and where the traffic varies from light to non-existent. This bugger was simply too lazy to find that road. He deserves everything he gets.
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