HALIFAX -- A Halifax man has been charged with stunting after police say he was caught driving 55 kilometres over the speed limit on a Dartmouth highway.
A member of Halifax Regional Police’s traffic unit spotted a car travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 118 near the Waverley Road overpass, around 6:55 p.m. Thursday.
Police say the officer clocked the vehicle at 155 km/hr in a 100 km/hr zone.
The driver, a 25-year-old Halifax man, was charged with stunting -- a charge automatically laid when a vehicle is travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.
His vehicle was seized and towed and he has been suspended from driving for one week.
The fine in Nova Scotia for stunting is $2,422.50 and six points are assigned to the driver’s record.
