The high-end sports cars of two 22-year-old Burnaby men have been impounded after the pair were clocked driving nearly 140 kilometres per hour in an 80 km/hr zone in Maple Ridge.
The Ridge Meadows RCMP traffic section was conducting routine traffic enforcement in the 25800 block of Lougheed Highway Thursday when officers saw a Blue 2017 Lamborghini Aventador and black 2016 McLaren 675H, blow by eastbound.
Laser equipment clocked them at 138 km/hr, according to police.
Officers stopped the pair and impounded their vehicles for a minimum of seven days.
Both drivers now face fines of $368 and three demerit points on their driving records.
An incident report will also be forwarded to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles for further review.
The driver of the McLaren is an “N” driver, according to police, and both had previously been served with excessive speeding infractions and fines.
Police say the two Burnaby men were headed to the Mission Raceway for a planned private track event when they were stopped.
One vehicle was equipped with a radar detector.
“This stretch of Lougheed Highway is our Number 1 problem area when it comes to excessive speed,” traffic Sgt. Bruce McCowan stated in a press release. “No matter the time of year, this specific area is plagued with unsafe speeds, 24/7, regardless of the road and weather conditions. We have seen too many tragic outcomes where all the driver needed to do was just slow down.”
