HALIFAX – A 19-year-old Upper Tantallon man has been charged with stunt driving after being caught driving 200 km/h on Highway 103 on Saturday night.
RCMP said the car was spotted travelling on westbound Highway 103, between exit 3 and 4, around 11:50 p.m. Sunday and was immediately pulled over.
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The driver, who was newly-licensed, also had his car seized and his license suspended for seven days.
If convicted the teen is facing a $2,422 fine and six demerit points off his license.
A stunting offence is automatically laid when a vehicle is travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.
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