Speeding Chatham driver tells police he was 'drying out' his vehicle


A Chatham-Kent OPP cruiser is shown in this file photo, Feb. 19, 2013. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor)



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CTV Windsor
Published Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:17PM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, May 15, 2013 2:01PM EDT

A 52-year-old man pulled over for speeding told police he had just washed his car and was trying to dry it out.
Chatham-Kent OPP say he was going 143 km/hour in a posted 80 km/hour zone on Highway 40 just south of Fairview Line Wednesday morning.
OPP officers say when they pulled him over he admitted that he had just washed his vehicle and was in the process of trying to dry it out.



“It’s these types of preventable actions that cause injury and death on our roadways,” says traffic and marine inspector Ian Chappell.
John Corriveau, 52, from Chatham was charged with stunt driving.
The minimum fine for stunt driving, if convicted, is $2,000 and an automatic drivers licence suspension for seven days.

 

I am slightly guilty of that if I'm just doing a quick wash on the way to work, I'll haul to dry it

 

im guilty hahaha

 

I've done it too. Never had the guts to tell a cop that though.

 

I did it today with my truck...
But I didnt get Caught!

 

I admit, I've done it once!

 

Never thought of that, I use a shammy most of the time.

 

Can't say that's ever been one of my speeding excuses.... But it's a funny one!

 

Totally guilty I didn't realize you could get a ticked for "stunt driving"! I'll have to think twice about this next time haha.

 

Here in Ontario, Canada if you go 50 kilometers per hour over the speed limit, it's considered "stunt driving". That's about 30 MPH. So in this case, the guy was driving about 90 MPH in a 50 MPH zone.