# QEW Speeders....Beware... **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 23, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/qew-speeders-beware/37479 "2007-10-23T13:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/qew-speeders-beware/37479/3 "2007-10-23T14:28:46Z")
Canada Introduces $10,000 Speeding Ticket Ontario, Canada applies street racing penalties to motorists who are not racing anybody. Premier Dalton McGuintyOntario, Canada Premier Dalton McGuinty today announced that being caught driving 50km/h (31 MPH) over the speed limit will automatically trigger “street racing” penalties – even if the accused motorist is driving alone on an otherwise empty road. The change in definition will, in effect, turn ordinary speeding into an offense that can carry a $10,000 (US $9305) fine and up to six months in jail, making it one of the most expensive traffic tickets in North America. “If you choose to break the law, we consider you a threat to our public safety and you’re going to face stiff penalties,” McGuinty said in a statement. In June, McGuinty cited the importance of combating the “organized crime” of street racing as he urged passage of the Safer Roads for a Safer Ontario Act which created the $10,000 penalty. The change in definition also means that the word of a police officer is all that it takes to confiscate a car and driver’s license for at least seven days. “There is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a vehicle detention, driver’s license suspension or vehicle impoundment under [the street racing] subsection,” the Safer Roads Act states. McGuinty also announced a proposal to hire 55 new traffic police officers and purchase a high-tech surveillance airplane in an attempt to rack up several of the expensive new fines. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/qew-speeders-beware/37479)._