Saanich police caught a driver going 185 kilometres per hour — well over twice the posted speed limit of 80 — on the Patricia Bay Highway Thursday night.
The speeder was slapped with a $483 fine, a seven-day vehicle impound, and towing and storage costs of at least $210.
The driver was pulled over about 6 p.m., when the highway was fairly busy.
A motorcycle officer saw the vehicle coming up at high speed as he headed south near the Royal Oak off-ramp. The vehicle zipped past, and it took the officer until Vanalman Avenue to pull the driver over.
“I think that’s the fastest I’ve seen on the Pat Bay,” said media spokesman Const. Markus Anastasiades. “And certainly with this officer, he said it’s one of the fastest speeds he’s ever captured a vehicle doing.”
Anastasiades said the situation was “incredibly dangerous.”
