A BMW was clocked at 129 km/h on eastbound 96 Avenue N.E. at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 9.
The posted limit there is 60.
What the driver is facing
Calgary police summoned him to court. According to CPS, he potentially faces a $1,200 fine and a 30-day licence suspension.
He was also fined $825 for driving carelessly and $105 for illegally tinted windows.
That's $930 payable now, before a judge has looked at the speed.
Why the speed itself has no ticket price
Alberta's fine schedule stops setting amounts once you're 51 km/h or more over the limit. Past that it's a mandatory court appearance, six demerit points, and a penalty at the judge's discretion.
This driver was 69 over.
The $1,200 and the 30 days CPS mentioned are what the court can impose, not what was handed over at the roadside. Nobody's licence was taken on 96 Avenue that evening.
The careless driving charge is the interesting part
Speeding and careless driving are separate offences. Police can lay both.
Careless driving under Alberta's Traffic Safety Act covers operating a vehicle without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for others using the highway. It carries its own set fine, $825 here, and its own demerits.
That's the tool available when the speed alone doesn't cover what happened. High Prairie RCMP used the same charge in 2019 on a driver caught at 180 km/h in a 60 zone.
The tint ticket is a Traffic Safety Act equipment violation, the same category Strathcona County peace officers have been writing during their summer enforcement campaign.
The part that follows you
Fines end. Demerits sit on your record for two years.
In Alberta, speeding 51 km/h or more over carries six demerit points. Careless driving carries another six. Convictions on both would put this driver at 12.
Fifteen points inside a two-year window triggers a suspension on its own, separate from anything a judge orders. For drivers still in the Graduated Driver Licensing program, the threshold is eight.
Then there's insurance, which nobody mentions at the roadside. Careless driving is treated as a major conviction by Alberta insurers, and a major conviction can move a premium substantially or make a policy hard to renew at all. That cost runs for years and dwarfs the $930.
If you're comparing this to a parking ticket, the ticket is the cheapest part.
Compare it to the Henday
Two days before this stop, a Strathcona County peace officer clocked a Ford Mustang at 212 km/h on Anthony Henday Drive in a 100 zone. That driver was 112 over, and left with a $421 ticket for expired registration and a court summons.
Different officer, different jurisdiction, same outcome on paper.
Neither driver lost a licence or a vehicle at the roadside, because Alberta doesn't do that for speed. In Ontario, both would have been finding a ride home. Fifty or more over on a road posted 80 or higher is stunt driving there, carrying an immediate 30-day suspension and a 14-day impound before anyone sees a judge.
A Driver Was Clocked at 212 km/h on Edmonton's Anthony Henday Drive. Alberta Law Let Him Drive Away.
Where this happened
96 Avenue N.E. runs through northeast Calgary near the airport lands. Wide arterial, long straight stretches, 60 posted.
Roads built like that are where these stops happen. The design invites speed and the sign doesn't.
What CPS said
"Speed limits are in place to keep everyone safe. Slow down and drive responsibly," the service said, pointing drivers to the city's Vision Zero program at calgary.ca/VisionZero.
Vision Zero is Calgary's road safety strategy, built on the position that no death or serious injury on city streets is acceptable.
Sources
Calgary Police Service, statement, August 12, 2026 Fines for speeding — Government of Alberta Alberta Traffic Safety Act and demerit point schedule
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