An American motorist was pulled over for stunt driving in Canada because they thought the speed limit was in miles, not kilometers: police

• An American motorist was pulled over for speeding in Canada, police said. 
• The 52-year-old driver was charged with stunt driving, per local news reports. 
• Police said the driver "didn't realize" the speed limit "wasn't in miles."

An American motorist was pulled over for "stunt driving" in Canada after police there say the motorist thought the speed limit was in miles instead of kilometers, according to reports. 

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said the 52-year-old driver from New York, who was not named, was stopped by officers on Highway 420 in Niagara Falls on Monday, CTV News Toronto and Yahoo News Canada reported. 

According to the reports and police, the unidentified driver is accused of going 142 kilometers per hour in an area where it was 80 — ultimately 62 kilometers over the speed limit. Ontario Provincial Police Constable Kevin Westhead told the outlets that a 10-year-old child was also present. 

"They didn't realize it wasn't in miles," Westhead said, per the reports. "If you convert 142 [kilometers per hour] to miles, that's still 90 miles an hour."

Police also tweeted about the incident. 

—OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) March 19, 2023

 

Police noted that the car is set to be impounded for about two weeks and the person's license was suspended for 30 days, the outlets reported. Westhead said there was "no excuse for that excessive speed," according to CTV.

"It's an unfortunate spot," he added, per the report. "I know a lot of Americans come up, especially just over the falls from Buffalo, but with new vehicles these days, they're more than capable of being able to switch between miles and kilometers."