Vancouver police work to identify street racers after video shared on social media

Vancouver police are taking to social media to highlight some recent bad driving behaviour.

Sgt. Mark Christensen, a traffic sergeant with the Vancouver police, shared a clip of a recent drag race that was posted online.

The video shows two cars, identified as a Tesla and a Supra, racing each other down a Vancouver street. It was nighttime, but it is unclear when exactly the video was posted.

The speedometer that can be seen in the video shows the car getting up to speeds of 172 km/h.

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Christensen said in his tweet that they have already identified the owner of the Tesla and they are working on identifying the owner of the Supra.

“When you post this to social media… going 170 km/h in Vancouver, I will guarantee you that one of your ‘friends’ will rat you out!” Christensen said in the tweet.

The family of Dr. Alphonsus Hui, who was killed by a speeding driver in Vancouver in 2015 told Global News Tuesday speeding drivers need to understand the lasting damage they can do.
“n that moment, two seconds, he took away a loving father, a devoted husband, a soon-to-be grandfather,” Monique Hui said. “My children never got to meet him, a doctor with over 1,000 patients who devoted his life to healing people.”

“To hear them sort of laughing and shrieking, they’re so thrilled about that moment, it’s nauseating because they have no idea how close they are to hurting, killing someone, devastating an entire family for generations, and how much they’re going to regret that decision for the rest of their lives if it goes sideways.”

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Excessive speeders clocked at 40 km/hr over the speed limit will receive a $368 fine, while those exceeding the top speed by more than 60 km/hr will get a $483 fine. That’s on top of ICBC penalties, which include a driver risk premium, and driver penalty points on top of higher insurance rates.

-with files from Kirsten Robinson