April 19, 2024

Street racers have vehicles impounded

Three more street racers will be taking the bus after their cars were impounded over the weekend. RCMP responded to a complaint eastbound on Highway One. A witness said that the racers were going over 130 kilometers an hour and were passing other cars on the shoulder while weaving in and out of traffic. When the RCMP caught up they found three cars … [Read more...]

More street racers taken off road

Two 17-year-olds have been charged and had their cars impounded for allegedly street racing in Whistler. RCMP say they were called yesterday after witnesses reported a Mazda 3 and a Ford Explorer zooming along Blackcomb Way. Two 17-year-old novice drivers were allegedly at the wheel, as the cars approached Nancy Green Drive. Police say they … [Read more...]

Street racers fined; vehicles impounded

Four high-end vehicles have been taken off the road after some early morning street racing in Metro Vancouver. They were racing westbound on the Trans-Canada toward the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge around 2:20 this morning. The vehicles hit speeds in the 160 kilometre an hour range.  Police say the vehicles involved were a BMW, Subaru-Impreza, … [Read more...]

Racers’ rides going nowhere fast

There will be no clean getaway for at least five of the drivers involved in a spectacular exotic-car street race last week. The RCMP and Solicitor General Shirley Bond announced Thursday that the province is going forward with the civil-forfeiture process to permanently seize five of the 13 super cars busted in a Deas Island street race. Bond … [Read more...]