The open road, powerful sports cars and pedals to the metal may be the cause for a recent case of need for speed in BC..On June 30, at around 8 pm, an officer with BC Highway Patrol – Squamish was conducting speed enforcement in the area of the Porteau Cove Road overpass on the Sea to Sky Highway # 99 Northbound in Squamish, BC..Squamish is a town 65 km north of Vancouver, with a posted speed limit on this stretch of highway of 80 km/h..The officer noticed three Porsche cars approaching his position at an extremely high rate of speed and established the first two vehicles were travelling at a speed of 195 km/h, with the third Porsche travelling at 146 km/h..The officer managed to get all three drivers to pull over in a safe location, where their vehicles were promptly impounded for one week ending the joyrides..The three men, all from the Lower Mainland, were issued fines, their vehicles impounded and were given a three-month driving ban.
