Catching bad drivers in Burnaby is like catching fish in a barrel, as the saying goes.
Burnaby RCMP traffic enforcement officers were set up Friday night looking for speeders and, instead, caught a driver who was drunk out of his mind.
The driver blew double the legal limit and was given a 90-driving prohibition, had his car towed and will likely face criminal charges.
And it’s not even holiday season, a time when impaired driving skyrockets.
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 last week.
A driver doing 97 km/h in the 50 km/h zone told one 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.
- With additional reporting by Cornelia Naylor
