Police nabbed two drivers on McQueen Shaver Boulevard in the city's south end last night, one allegedly going nearly double the speed limit, and one who allegedly had a suspended licence and almost struck an officer.
Waterloo regional police were on the south boundary road on Tuesday conducting speed enforcement when an officer spotted a transport truck pulling a trailer allegedly travelling 107 km/hr in the 60 km/hr zone.
While the officer was conducting the traffic stop, police say a driver of a pickup truck sped through the area and nearly struck the officer.
A second officer conducting proactive traffic enforcement in the same area conducted a traffic stop with the pickup truck and determined that the driver was under a driver licence suspension.
As a result of the investigation, the driver of the transport truck, a 24-year-old Cambridge male was charged with speeding, stunt driving and fail to complete daily inspection report. The man's licence was suspended, and the transport truck was seized for 14 days.
The driver of the pickup truck, a 22-year-old man was charged with driving while under suspension and failing to slow for emergency vehicle.
The Waterloo Regional Police Service would like to remind drivers to slow down and pass carefully when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle.
If a road has two or more lanes and it is safe to move over, you must leave a lane of space between you and the emergency vehicle.
