Ontario Provincial Police have charged a teenage driver from Brampton with driving at 194 kilometres per hour on a 400-series highway.
The 17-year-old male driver was stopped by police at about 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday night, near Queen Street on Highway 410. The posted speed limit was 100 kilometres per hour.
He was charged with stunt driving, having more than a zero blood alcohol concentration with a G2 licence and with consuming liquor underage.
The Toyota Avalon that he was driving was seized for a week and his driver's licence suspended for the same period of time, as a result of street racing legislation.
Const. Graham Williamson said that if the driver is convicted of stunt driving, he will face a fine of between $2,000 and $10,000, as well as a driver's licence suspension.
Recent high-speed incidents
Police have charged several drivers with driving at excessive speeds in recent weeks.
Earlier this month, the OPP charged a driver who was travelling through north-end Toronto on the southbound Highway 400 at 250 kilometres per hour.
In February, a provincial police officer was stopped for driving 65 kilometres over the limit on Highway 403 in an unmarked vehicle after police determined the officer "was not within the lawful execution of her duties at the time."
On Jan. 9, an Aurora man was charged with driving a Mercedes Benz SL600 at 231 kilometres per hour along the northbound Don Valley Parkway, where the speed limit is only 90 kilometres per hour.
