One kilometre an hour made all the difference.
Calgary police say a Kia was clocked at 111 km/h on eastbound 96 Avenue N.E. near Deerfoot Trail at 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25. The limit there is 60. That’s 51 km/h over.
At 50 over, Alberta’s fine schedule still sets a price. At 51 over, it stops. The driver goes to court, and a judge decides.
So instead of a ticket, this driver got a summons.
What the driver is facing
Police say the driver was summoned to court for speeding and potentially faces a $1,200 fine and a 30-day licence suspension, with any further penalties up to the judge.
Two more tickets were issued at the roadside:
$852 for careless driving
$421 for expired registration
Those two tickets total $1,273, before the court decides anything about the speed.
Police haven’t released the driver’s age or sex. The charges haven’t been proven in court.
“More than 50 km/h over the speed limit is a dangerous choice,” Calgary police wrote on X. “Slow down, stay in control & follow the posted speed limit.”
Why 51 over changes everything
Alberta sets fines for speeding up to and including 50 km/h over the limit. The top ticket on that schedule is $744.
Go 51 over or more and there’s no set fine. It’s a mandatory court appearance and six demerit points, with the penalty at the judge’s discretion. The $1,200 and the 30 days police mentioned are what the court can impose, not what happened on 96 Avenue that evening.
Careless driving is a separate offence under the Traffic Safety Act, with its own fine and another six demerits. Convictions on both would put this driver at 12 points. A fully licensed Alberta driver is suspended at 15 points within two years. A driver in the graduated licensing program is suspended at eight.
Police haven’t said what kind of licence this driver holds.
Another driver was caught on the same road in August
If 96 Avenue N.E. sounds familiar, it should.
On Aug. 9, a BMW was clocked at 129 km/h on the same eastbound stretch, at 6 p.m. That driver was 69 over, got the same court summons and the same warning about a $1,200 fine and 30-day suspension, plus $825 for careless driving and $105 for tinted windows.
Read more: Calgary Driver Caught at 129 km/h in a 60 Zone Faces $1,200 Fine and 30-Day Suspension
It’s the second high-speed stop Calgary police have publicized on this stretch of 96 Avenue N.E. since August. Both eastbound. Both around 6 p.m.
Calgary police have reported several more extreme cases in recent weeks. On Sept. 20, a driver was clocked at 204 km/h on Stoney Trail N.E. Another hit 189 km/h on Stoney Trail near Glenmore Trail on Oct. 17, then got caught again at 165 while changing lanes. Police have called Stoney Trail a speeding hot spot and said officers regularly see 175 and 180 km/h on a 100 km/h road.
What 111 km/h means on a 60 km/h road
At 111 km/h, a car covers about 31 metres every second. At 60, it’s under 17.
That’s 14 extra metres every second before the driver even reacts to a brake light or a car pulling out of the airport lands. Over a typical reaction time of a second and a half, the Kia travelled 46 metres before anything happened. At the limit it would have been 25.
Drive to Zero
Police ended the post with a link to the City’s Drive to Zero campaign, the public face of Calgary’s Vision Zero strategy. The goal is zero deaths and serious injuries on city roads, and stops like this one are part of how police say they get there: find the drivers taking the biggest risks and put them in front of a judge.
The City says the need is urgent. In 2025, 15 pedestrians were killed on Calgary roads, the most in 11 years, and another 20 motorists died. Under the 2024 to 2028 Safer Mobility Plan, the City and police are aiming to cut major injuries and deaths by 25 per cent.
For this driver, the next stop is court.
Sources
Calgary Police Service on X, Oct. 30, 2026: https://x.com/CalgaryPolice
City of Calgary, Vision Zero / Drive to Zero: https://www.calgary.ca/VisionZero
Government of Alberta, Fines for speeding: https://www.alberta.ca/speeding-fines-in-alberta.aspx
Government of Alberta, Demerit driving suspension: https://www.alberta.ca/demerit-driving-suspension.aspx
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