Man charged with stunting after being clocked driving 67 km/h over speed limit: Halifax police

A Halifax Regional Police officer's badge is pictured. (Jonathan MacInnis/CTV Atlantic)

A 25-year-old man has been charged with stunting after police say they clocked him driving 67 km/h over the posted speed limit.

Halifax Regional Police (HRP) says an officer saw a vehicle speeding inbound on the Burnside Express Way, heading towards Sackville, around 11 a.m. Thursday.

Police say the vehicle was driving 167 km/h in a 100 km/h zone.

According to HRP, the man was ticketed for stunting – a charge that is automatically laid when a vehicle is travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit.

The man’s driver’s licence was also suspended for seven days and the vehicle was seized.

The fine for stunting in Nova Scotia is $2,422.50 and six points are assigned to the driver’s record.

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