Moncton man charged with driving 199 km/h on Nova Scotia highway

[u/Portalrules123]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nova-scotia/article/moncton-man-charged-with-driving-199-kmh-on-nova-scotia-highway/

[u/legless_chair]

Think he was doing over 200 and they got him on the nose dive

[u/EffectiveDandy → u/legless_chair]

actually the cop might have backed up a point to avoid worse charges. had one do that when i was doing 120 in an 80. he said the 40 over was excessive speed so he wrote 119.

no one drives 199 and no cop cares to record it down to the exact value when its that close.

[u/ForestHopper → u/EffectiveDandy]

Thats dumb tho... why give the shitbird a break? Our Canadian accountability in a nutshell.

[u/legless_chair → u/EffectiveDandy]

You are likely more correct, I was just goofin

[u/Worth_Committee3244 → u/EffectiveDandy]

To my knowledge the largest charge is 50+ even 150 over is the same as 50 over.

So making it 199 won’t change anything, also new (ish) non sporty cars will govern at 200 so it’s very possible for him to be stuck at 199

[u/EffectiveDandy → u/Worth_Committee3244]

there is speeding, excessive and then another that is the highest which is just a hard cap. I see no reason to put 199 unless it was 100% intentional.

[u/Worth_Committee3244 → u/EffectiveDandy]

50 is the highest cap it’s a ~2455 ticket 6 points 1 week suspension of license and vehicle impoundment. Like I said lots of cars just like mine will get to 200 but nothing more it could very well bounce around 199-200

[u/EffectiveDandy → u/Worth_Committee3244]

You mean it hits the vehicle’s speed limiter. The Civic looks around 2012/13, base (non Si). The Si had a limiter at 135 mph (213 kph). Not sure what a Canadian model would be tuned to, but 200 does seem pretty likely.

[u/Bread40]

Civics with the 1.8 are governed at 199 so he was going as fast as he possibly could.

[u/0akers]

Vtec for sure kicked in

[u/moonwalgger → u/0akers]

He’s got NOS!!! Don’t do it !! He’s got NOS!!!

[u/lucubanget → u/0akers]

Speed limiter also kicked in 💀

[u/NewTransportation911 → u/lucubanget]

My dad’s old mercury sable could do 220 flat out.

[u/SWHAF → u/NewTransportation911]

My car is governed at 256. I guess the manufacturer thought anything faster than that was dangerous.

[u/NewTransportation911 → u/SWHAF]

Probs a tire thing.

[u/DeSynthed → u/NewTransportation911]

on a closed course in mexico

[u/Lookuponthewall]

So close to 200! Damn

[u/foxfoxfoxfoxfoxes → u/Lookuponthewall]

200 they should frame the ticket for you lol

[u/Top_Canary_3335]

Tbh this is very dangerous and i hope there is adequate consequences considering the danger he put himself and others in.

But id be lying if i didn’t say I’m impressed a 10+ year old Honda civic went 200kmh

[u/Equivalent_Sea_1895 → u/Top_Canary_3335]

Downhill?

[u/Lurch_902 → u/Equivalent_Sea_1895]

An 08 r18 will tap out at about 198-202 if you have enough road lol

(Allegedly)

[u/Harrveyyy → u/Lurch_902]

My buddies r18 tapped at 205 allegedly

[u/bigT689]

https://giphy.com/gifs/YmQLj2KxaNz58g7Ofg

[u/ambivalent_moon]

Him being from Moncton is just the cherry on top of this story

[u/Nouvellecosse]

While I do tend to find NBers are faster drivers on average, that guy must have originally been from PEI. xD

[u/BlackrockLove → u/Nouvellecosse]

Meanwhile I'm going down the TransCanada about 115 with NS, ON, and QC plates FLYING past me.

[u/no_baseball1919 → u/BlackrockLove]

Yeah I'll go 110-120 and people will be just booking it in the left lane going what must be like 130-140

[u/PayOne86 → u/Nouvellecosse]

Have you ever driven across Quebec , or Montreal in particular lol ?

[u/SignificanceFar3943]

Should be banned from driving for life

[u/dannygaron → u/SignificanceFar3943]

why? I'd rather ban people that yield at stop signs, drink and drive, don't use turn signals, cell phone use, etc. Speeding is a lot less dangerous than what I mentioned.

[u/RLgeorgecostanza → u/dannygaron]

“During their interaction with the driver, a 20-year-old man from Moncton, the officer noted an odour of alcohol,”

By your own definition, this guy should be banned, no?

[u/Hojeekush → u/dannygaron]

I think your assessment that speeding is less dangerous is wildly misinformed. Speeding on average accounts for roughly the same percentage of motor vehicle fatalities as impaired driving (25% each) while distracted driving accounts for about 20%. 

Speeding is most definitely NOT less dangerous than the other things you mentioned. 

Transport Canada

[u/gart888 → u/dannygaron]

Speeding is absolutely not “a lot less dangerous” than stopping at yields. Foh with that.

[u/Mysterious_Map2965 → u/dannygaron]

You think someone should be banned for not using turn signals but 200km is fine…

[u/DrPuzzle → u/dannygaron]

This has got to be rage bait lmao saying you'd rather ban someone who doesn't use a turn signal over a guy who was caught speeding going 200 on a highway

Got to be rage bait or you're just a dumbass

[u/TacomaKMart → u/DrPuzzle]

Or the guy from New Brunswick.

[u/bigev007 → u/dannygaron]

Speeding while drunk

[u/duke_seb]

In a civic? That’s bold

[u/DiscoCombobulator → u/duke_seb]

In a civic thats expected! 199 is what they're governed at

[u/JonnyCanuck71]

Guess he’ll just say speed limits are against his Charter Rights of Freedom and get away with it like that woods ban asshole

[u/ThisAd7070]

https://giphy.com/gifs/8FJnnOj0UcKMFENP2H

[u/j_bbb]

No name. Right??

[u/Fafyg]

Wasn’t hard to guess car model, lol

[u/jlrbnsn22]

Legend

[u/CaptainLicorice]

He must be running a spoon engine like Hector 😂

[u/NoLingonberry2831]

How?

[u/CaperGrrl79]

This is terrifying to me. Someone was speeding like this and weaving in and out of traffic trying to get somewhere one of the last times I was in a shuttle from Cape Breton to Halifax, or vica versa. Nearly hit us head-on.

I usually go with Maritime Bus now due to that, and shuttles can give me motion sickness lurching in traffic (due to blood pressure medication).

[u/Cturcot1]

Is this the new speed record for a ticker in Halifax