18-year-old ‘N’ driver gets mom’s car impounded due to dangerous driving – with alcohol in his system

ABBOTSFORD – An 18-year-old ‘N’ driver is paying the price after his dangerous driving of nearly double the posted speed limit on Highway 1 garnered attention from a watchful Abbotsford police officer.

The Abbotsford PD says one of its patrol supervisors was working in the area of Whatcom Road and Highway 1 just after 6:20 a.m. Sunday morning (Aug. 16) when he saw a 2023 Hyundai Genesis being driven at a “high rate of speed.”

The officer in an unmarked police vehicle watched as the Genesis merged onto eastbound Highway 1 and accelerated aggressively. Police say radar confirmed the vehicle was travelling at 191 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone, nearly double the speed limit.

When the vehicle was stopped, the 18-year-old Class 7N driver was found to have more than just a lead foot. The officer also detected alcohol in his system, resulting in a 3-day immediate roadside prohibition being issued.