ON June 30 at approximately 8 p.m., an officer with the 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 where the posted speed limit is 80 km/h.

The officer noticed three Porsche cars approaching his position at an extremely high rate of speed and established that the first two vehicles were traveling at a speed of 195 km/h, with the third Porsche traveling at a speed of 146 km/h. The officer managed to have all three drivers pull over at a safe location, where their vehicles were promptly impounded for one week.

The three men — all from the Lower Mainland — were issued violation tickets for excessive speeding under the BC Motor Vehicle Act. The three drivers also received three-month driving prohibitions from the Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles.

July marks the start of a province-wide Summer Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign, and motorists can expect to see enhanced enforcement of all dangerous driving behaviours throughout this month and beyond, the BC Highway Patrol said.