A highly-modified Nissan GT-R is spending the week in an impound lot on Vancouver Island after its driver was ticketed for Excessive Speeding by BC Highway Patrol.
On February 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., an unmarked BC Highway Patrol officer was working in Lantzville, BC, when he heard an excessively loud vehicle accelerate away from a stoplight on Highway #19, near Ware Road.
Thanks to the loud exhaust, the police officer was ready with his laser reader and captured the Nissan GT-R doing a speed of 150 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.
“The Nissan GT-R driver, who identified himself as a YouTube influencer, never saw the unmarked police car, and he was surprised that his radar detector stayed silent,
” said Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. “The driver did not realize that in the hands of a skilled police officer, a laser reader will not be picked up by a detector until it’s too late.
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The driver was issued an excessive speed ticket for $368 under section 148(1) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act. The excessive ticket comes with an automatic seven-day impound.
The GT-R driver and his passenger were polite throughout the traffic stop, and they accepted an offer from the BC Highway Patrol officer to drop them off at a nearby Tim Hortons to await a ride from his mother.
