RCMP charge another driver with speeding excessively on P.E.I.

Another driver on Prince Edward Island has been charged with excessive speeding, RCMP said in a media release on Tuesday.

The driver was caught by RCMP on Monday at about 9:20 p.m., travelling at 157 km/hr in a 90 km/hr zone on Route 2 in Bloomfield, P.E.I., according to police.

Police said the driver has been chargedunder the Highway Traffic Act for speeding 60 km/hror more over the posted limit.

The vehicle has been seized and the person's driver's licence is being sent for re-examination.

This follows a series ofincidents involving P.E.I. drivers travelling at excessive speeds, promptingRCMP collision experts to call the recent trend on P.E.I. roads, frightening.

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