Motorcyclist caught going 177 km/h loses ride

A young motorcyclist with only a learner's permit was caught travelling at "a shocking speed" and may face significant consequences, RCMP say.

Motorcyclist caught going 177 km/h loses ride Caught going 177 km/h A young motorcyclist with only a learner's permit was caught travelling at "a shocking speed" and may face significant consequences, RCMP say. On Highway 99, near Furry Creek, at 7:43 a.m. July 11, a BC Highway Patrol officer got a speed reading of 177 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on a red motorcycle.

RCMP said the rider was a Vancouver woman, 22, who only had a passenger vehicle learner and motorcycle learner licence. “Sometimes we feel like a broken record when we say that speed kills people,” Cpl. Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol, said in a media release.

Only a week earlier a motorcyclist died on the Sea To Sky Highway and left thousands stranded on the closed highway. Speed was suspected in that incident. “But clearly some people aren’t getting the message, McLaughlin said.

"Being 97 km/h over the limit could easily have repeated a tragedy from only one week ago on the same highway.” The motorcyclist received a seven-day impound for excessive speeding with the tow and impound at the owner’s expense, a ticket for excessive speed with a fine of $483, at least three years of high-risk driver premiums and escalating insurance that will bring the total costs to just under $2,500. Considering "the egregious speed and the lack of experience of the rider," BC Highway Patrol is also recommending that the BC Superintendent of Motor Vehicles conduct a high-risk driving review for the driver.

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