Two drivers were taught a costly lesson on Sunday regarding the consequences of speeding on Saskatchewan highways..On Sunday evening, a Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) member shared on Twitter an incident where they had intercepted a driver travelling at an alarming speed of almost 200 kilometres per hour on the Trans-Canada Highway..“Locked him at 151, but I got him going 196,” tweeted the officer..The tweet said the driver got a fine of $1,201 because they were driving over the speed limit. .They were going more than 50 km/hr above the limit, set at 110 km/hr. The vehicle was impounded and kept for seven days. The driver also had four demerit points added to their driving record..A few hours before, a different CTSS officer posted on Twitter that they had pulled over another speeding driver. This driver was going at a speed of 155 km/hr..According to the tweet, the driver pulled over had to pay a fine of $742 because they were going more than 35 km/hr above the limit, which was set at 110 km/hr..“I don’t know about you, but I can think of lots of better uses for $742 these days,” said the tweet..On Saturday, there were a couple of incidents where two speeders were caught driving at high speeds. One driver was caught going 147 km/hr, while the other was caught going 150 km/hr. These incidents occurred in a zone with a 100 km/hr speed limit.
