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‘Mom will not be happy’: Ottawa driver gets mother’s car impounded after stunt driving charge (www.ctvnews.ca)
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Ottawa police say a local driver got their mother’s car impounded after allegedly driving more than 60 km/h over the speed limit in their mom’s vehicle in south Ottawa on Thursday afternoon.

In a statement on social media, police said a 26-year-old man was stopped by officers for driving 132 km/h in a 70 km/h zone on Bank Street near Conroy Road.

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[–] 1 point 6 days ago (3 children)

The idea isn't to punish him as much as to keep him from driving.

If he drives without a license, he goes to jail; and that car is impounded for a long time (maybe at lower rates if a far cheaper lot or garage is found) regardless who owns it (and if he stole it, the owner gets to keep the car, but he goes to jail longer).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    If it's not his car, why are we impounding it at all though? That's my question.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (1 child)

    We don't want people to enable him by letting him use their cars.

    Maybe we could put his name in a registry, so people will know not to lend him their car(s).

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 days ago

    We don’t want people to enable him by letting him use their cars.

    So guy breaks the law and innocent person loses their car because guy who hadn't broken the law previously broke the law? Fair.

    Maybe we could put his name in a registry, so people will know not to lend him their car(s).

    Or maybe we could put him in jail, where he should be.

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