A Calgary food delivery driver on the way to a customer was clocked at 131 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on McKnight Boulevard N.E., police say.
Officers pulled the car over near Métis Trail at 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
“No delivery is worth putting lives at risk,” Calgary police wrote on X. “Slow down, follow the posted speed limit & get there safely.”
What the driver is facing
The driver was summoned to court for travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit. Police also issued tickets for:
Careless driving
Illegally tinted windows
Police haven’t said how much this driver’s tickets were for. In other recent Calgary stops, police listed careless driving at $852 and illegally tinted windows at $105.
The speeding charge has no set fine. At 51 km/h or more over, Alberta leaves the penalty to a judge, who can also suspend the driver’s licence.
Police haven’t named the delivery service, the driver’s age or what kind of car it was. The charges haven’t been proven in court.
Police ended their post with a link to the City’s Drive to Zero campaign. It’s part of Calgary’s Vision Zero strategy, which aims for zero deaths and serious injuries on city roads. Targeting the most dangerous driving, like going 51 over on a major road, is one of the ways the City and police say they’re working toward that.
Why 51 over means court
Alberta sets fixed fines for speeding up to 50 km/h over the limit. At 51 km/h or more over, the province says the fine is decided by the court, and a court appearance is mandatory.
This driver was exactly 51 over. So was a driver Calgary police stopped last month, clocked at 111 km/h in a 60 zone on 96 Avenue N.E. at 6:15 p.m.
Speeding more than 50 over and careless driving each carry six demerit points. When several convictions come from the same incident, Alberta’s demerit rules generally count only the offence with the most points, not all of them added together.
The same stretch of McKnight
This part of McKnight Boulevard has seen worse.
In August, a 39-year-old motorcyclist was killed heading east on McKnight approaching Métis Trail. Police said evidence at the scene suggested he was going more than 200 km/h when he lost control.
At 131 km/h, a car covers about 36 metres every second. At the 80 km/h limit, it’s about 22.
A busy fall for speeding stops
Calgary police have made a string of high-speed stops public this fall. A driver was clocked at 204 km/h on Stoney Trail in September, and another at 189 km/h near Glenmore Trail in October.
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