A 35-year-old Guelph, Ont., man has been charged after police say he was caught driving with a headlamp in place of headlights on a dark stretch of road.
Guelph police were using radar to track speeding vehicles on Gordon Street, near the Springfield Gold Course, just after 10 p.m. Monday.
The road has a 70 km/h speed limit, no artificial lighting and police said it is “in total darkness in the absence of traffic.”
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A police officer saw what was believed to be a bicycle light heading northbound, but as it got closer it turned out to be a car travelling at a high rate of speed.
Police said the vehicle was clocked travelling 108 km/h and as it passed the officer it had no working headlights or tail lights.
The vehicle was pulled over and the officer discovered the driver was wearing an LED headlamp on his forehead in place of any working lights.
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The driver, whose name was not released, has been charged with speeding and operating an unsafe vehicle and will appear in a Guelph court in September.
Police said the licence plates were removed from the vehicle after it was deemed unsafe and it was towed from the scene.
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