G2 driver stopped going 66 km/h over speed limit on Ottawa road

Ottawa police say a G2 driver was stopped driving 146 km/h on Limebank Road on Sunday. (OPS Traffic Escort and Enforcement Unit/X)

A G2 driver is facing a charge of stunt driving after being stopped speeding 66 km/h over the speed limit in Ottawa’s south end.

The Ottawa Police Traffic Escort and Enforcement Unit says an officer observed a driver going 146 km/h on Limebank Road Sunday afternoon.

The speed limit on the road is 80 km/h.

Police say the 20-year-old driver is facing a charge of stunt driving, which includes a 30-day driving suspension and the vehicle impounded for 14 days.

A second driver was stopped going 57 km/h over the speed limit on Limebank Road on Sunday.

“Despite today’s gusting winds and blowing snow; a driver (with teenaged son in vehicle) was stopped after passing an unmarked OPS Traffic Escort officer – while doing 137 in the marked 80 km/h zone on Limebank Road,” police said on X.

The driver is also facing a charge of stunt driving.