Parents in the car as ‘L’ driver caught speeding in Abbotsford
Posted April 21, 2016 9:35 am.
Last Updated April 21, 2016 10:29 am.
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ABBOTSFORD (NEWS 1130) – A young driver with her ‘L’ was recently caught going more than 50 kilometres an hour over the speed limit in the Fraser Valley. And what makes this especially troubling is she was gunning it with her parents in the car.
“I don’t think we’ve ever come across a circumstance before where we’ve had a learner with both parents in the car doing something as outrageous as this,” says Constable Ian MacDonald.
He adds while going 53 km/h over the limit is incredibly dangerous, what is really disappointing is those who are supposed to be in charge simply watched it happen.
“Obviously, parents weren’t giving a lot of guidance and I don’t think there was a lot of useful driver instruction taking place in that vehicle that night.”
This all happened around 9:30 p.m. on March 31st at Clayburn Road and Highway 11.
“When you have people in the car that should be mentoring the young person and teaching them how to drive safely and they are apparently being either willfully blind or encouraging this type of behaviour, it’s absolutely troubling from a public safety standpoint,” adds MacDonald.
The young girl was hit with an excessive speeding fine, the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles has been told about the case, and her parents’ car has been impounded, but mom and dad won’t be in trouble.
