A motorist just north of Weyburn, Sask., was on the fast track to a hefty speeding ticket Friday afternoon, after being caught driving at nearly twice the speed limit.
A member of the Weyburn RCMP Combined Traffic Services Unit was conducting routine speed enforcement on Highway 39 between Yellow Grass and McTaggart.
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According to police, the member was checking the speed of an oncoming vehicle, when a second vehicle, a four-door Jeep Wrangler, entered the radar beam. The officer clocked the Jeep at 189 kilometres per hour.
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The officer continued to track the Jeep and confirmed it was travelling at 168 km/h.
The driver of the Jeep was stopped and issued a ticket worth $492. Police then seized the vehicle and impounded it for seven days for travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.
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