A BC resident recently stopped in Cochrane by the Alberta RCMP for speeding was clocked doing 270 km/hr.An Alberta Mountie was conducting traffic enforcement September 15 when the officer spotted a white Porsche travelling at an extremely high speed on Hwy. 1 near Hermitage Road in Rocky View County."The 2011 Porsche 911 was recorded travelling 270 km/h in a posted 110 km/h zone," the Alberta RCMP stated.Michael Peterec, 36, from Kelowna, BC was charged with dangerous driving."This specific stretch of highway has been identified as an area where motorists often speed in excess of the posted limit," the Alberta RCMP stated.Even though there wasn't an accident, an Alberta RCMP Traffic Forensic Collision Reconstructionist was consulted and provided a detailed report for use in court as expert evidence to support the Criminal Code Dangerous Driving charge.From the calculations in the report:• Traveling at the speed limit of 110 km/h, once brakes are applied, a vehicle will need 55.96 m to come to a complete stop.• Traveling at the speed of 270 km/h, once brakes are applied, a vehicle will need 337.29 m to come to a complete stop. The vehicle would have required an additional 281.33 m to come to a stop — the equivalent of two Canadian football field lengths.Peterec will appear in Cochrane provincial court on December 13.
A BC resident recently stopped in Cochrane by the Alberta RCMP for speeding was clocked doing 270 km/hr.An Alberta Mountie was conducting traffic enforcement September 15 when the officer spotted a white Porsche travelling at an extremely high speed on Hwy. 1 near Hermitage Road in Rocky View County."The 2011 Porsche 911 was recorded travelling 270 km/h in a posted 110 km/h zone," the Alberta RCMP stated.Michael Peterec, 36, from Kelowna, BC was charged with dangerous driving."This specific stretch of highway has been identified as an area where motorists often speed in excess of the posted limit," the Alberta RCMP stated.Even though there wasn't an accident, an Alberta RCMP Traffic Forensic Collision Reconstructionist was consulted and provided a detailed report for use in court as expert evidence to support the Criminal Code Dangerous Driving charge.From the calculations in the report:• Traveling at the speed limit of 110 km/h, once brakes are applied, a vehicle will need 55.96 m to come to a complete stop.• Traveling at the speed of 270 km/h, once brakes are applied, a vehicle will need 337.29 m to come to a complete stop. The vehicle would have required an additional 281.33 m to come to a stop — the equivalent of two Canadian football field lengths.Peterec will appear in Cochrane provincial court on December 13.
