Ontario Provincial Police say the Halloween weekend was busy for officers conducting traffic enforcement on area roads as four drivers were all charged with stunt driving. On Oct. 30 at around 8 a.m., a 60-year-old Quebec man driving a commercial vehicle was charged with stunt driving, police said in a news release Thursday. “He was clocked going 115 km/h in a 70 km/h on Highway 17 in Rutherglen,” police said. On the same day at around 5:10 p.m., police said a vehicle was speeding on Highway 17 in Bonfield Township. The officer determined the driver was travelling 156 km/h in a posted 90 km/h zone. An 18-year-old driver from Petawawa was charged with stunt driving, police said. A 21-year-old Sudbury man was charged with stunt driving Oct. 31 at around 5:00 p.m. after an officer saw a vehicle speeding through Rutherglen on Highway 17. The vehicle was recorded at 137 km/h in a posted 70 km/h zone, police said. Early Nov. 2 at around 2:30 a.m., an officer conducted radar enforcement on Highway 17 West in North Bay and noticed a vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed. “Radar confirmed the vehicle reached 150 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone,” police said. A 28-year-old Sudbury resident was charged with stunt driving. In all four cases, police said the drivers had their respective driver’s licence suspended for 30 days and vehicles were impounded for 14 days. Court dates for the accused were not released by police.
