A driver will be without their vehicle for a few days and faces a hefty fine after they were caught speeding through a school zone on a school day.
Vancouver police caught the driver just outside of Queen Elizabeth Elementary School on Wednesday, Sept. 4, while students were at the school. Officers were set up on the 4200 block of West 16th Avenue, where the speed limit during a school day is 40 km/h (in a tweet police misstated the limit as 30 km/h). This location is one of the City of Vancouver's arterial school zones with a speed limit of 40 km/h.
The driver of a yellow Ford station wagon was recorded doing 112 km/h.
That's more than 70 km/h above the speed limit.
The vehicle was impounded and the driver was handed a $368 ticket.
It wasn't the only ticket handed out during the operation; in a tweet, police stated more than 20 tickets were issued outside the elementary school.
Last year a Lamborghini supercar was caught not far away on West 16th Avenue doing 167 km/h.
Recently, @VancouverPD mentioned safe speeds in school zones. Today, we enforced speeds in 4200 W16th Ave. near Queen E elementary. 23 VTs in short time including one doing 112 kph in 30 zone! Vehicle impounded. #DriveSafe #SchoolSafety #WeAreOutThere pic.twitter.com/SIsUZTA48p
— VPD Traffic Section (@VPDTrafficUnit) September 5, 2024
