PINE TREE, N.S. – A stretch of Highway 104 in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County is gaining a reputation as a high-speed zone.
RCMP say they’ve laid five stunting charges along a five-kilometre section near Pine Tree in the past month alone.
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Just before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Mounties clocked an eastbound vehicle travelling at 167 kilometres per hour.
The speed limit there is 100 km/h.
The 33-year-old driver from Miramichi, N.B., was handed a fine for $2,400 and his licence was suspended for a week.
Stunting is defined as driving more than 50 kilometres per hour over the speed limit.
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