Edmonton police, politicians want stiffer penalties for excessive speeders [Video]

Fatal crashes involving speed have become a deadly trend on Edmonton streets.

“Traffic safety is extremely important. The numbers are high here, they’re trending higher this year,” said Edmonton Police Chief Dale McFee.

Some drivers have been taking to social media to brag about their bad driving behaviour, posting videos of sports cars and motorcycles lane splitting and driving at excessive speeds.

“This exchange of videos, that ‘look what I got away with, well look what I’m doing’, it’s this incremental thing that’s happening that it’s really unsafe,” said Edmonton City Councillor Tim Cartmell.

“At that level of speed the consequences are very, very serious for everybody involved,” he added.

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