It took just over an hour for Burnaby Mounties to catch four excessive speeders with bad excuses at Royal Oak Avenue and Deer Lake Parkway Monday.
A driver doing 97 km/h in the 50 km/h zone told an officer they had to go pick up their kids, according to police.
Another driver going 104 km/h pleaded ignorance about the posted speed limit, and a third driving 114 km/h – an 'N' driver – said they were late for school, police said.
None managed to talk their way out of a $368 ticket for excessive speeding (defined as driving more than 40 km/h over the posted speed limit) and all had their vehicles towed and impounded, according to police.
Officers also caught another 'N' driver for speeding and discovered they were already prohibited from driving in B.C.
That driver earned a court date for prohibited driving and a seven-day vehicle impoundment along with tickets for speeding and not displaying an N.
An average of 81 people die every year in speed related crashes, according to ICBC.
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