Caught at 123 km/h on the bridge
A young man channeling Gilles Villeneuve early Sunday on the Jacques‑Cartier bridge was caught doing 123 km/h and failed a breathalyzer test too. He won’t be driving for a bit.
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Dominic 18:30 on 2024-06-09 Permalink
123km honestly doesnt seem like that different from the rest of the Montreal traffic.
Joey 19:44 on 2024-06-09 Permalink
Isn’t the limit on the bridge 50?
Kate 20:24 on 2024-06-09 Permalink
That’s what the article says, Joey.
Ian 20:44 on 2024-06-09 Permalink
Dom, sounds like you need to slow down 😉
dhomas 21:07 on 2024-06-09 Permalink
Is your last name Toretto? 😉
But seriously, on the highway, I would agree. The 40 east of the Anjou interchange is a 100 km/h zone. I’ll go 110 km/h (I know, I know), but I’ll regularly see cars going faster than me in the left lane.
But on that bridge, with that crazy curve at the end of it when coming in from the south shore, going that fast is extremely dangerous.
Kevin 23:32 on 2024-06-09 Permalink
123 while intoxicated in the middle of the night. Some men just like to put the pedal down and wonder if it’s their time to burn.
Blork 11:17 on 2024-06-10 Permalink
Not to excuse this clearly irresponsible behaviour, but if someone’s going to go 123 in a 50 zone I’d rather they do it on the bridge where there are zero pedestrians, zero bicycles, no cross streets, and almost certainly no animals. At 3:40AM there were likely also no other cars (or at least very few). It’s better than doing 123 down Papineau or Sherbrooke.
Joey 14:06 on 2024-06-10 Permalink
@Blork he may have been caught on the bridge but it’s safe to assume he was speeding like crazy before he got on as well, no?
Blork 14:30 on 2024-06-10 Permalink
Joey, not necessarily. In fact, highly unlikely, because the approaches on both sides are very curvy. But once you’re on the bridge it’s like a 2.5 km drag strip, so it’s easy for a young bonehead to just let ‘er rip once the road straightens out. That time of night it’s like driving onto a runway at an airport: just wide, straight, uncluttered for 2+ km. VROOOOOM!
Blork 14:44 on 2024-06-10 Permalink
I mean imagine you’re a young bonehead with a few drinks in you and a hot car rumbling under your ass and you find yourself here at 3:40AM with no cars in sight: https://maps.app.goo.gl/HD5cjAA1Fuq4kAY69
From that vantage you’re already 500 metres in and you’re probably doing 70 or more anyway. You have a clear and wide path for another 700 metres before there’s a bit of a curve then another straight kilometre. Put the hammer down!
BTW, although the speed limit is 50, the “normal” speed on the bridge is more like 60 or 65 when traffic is light. By that I mean the entire flow of traffic is doing 60 or 65. Given there are no pedestrians, bicycles, animals, or cross streets, that doesn’t seem excessive, and when you’re actually doing it you feel like you’re going slow, as if you’re doing 65 in what feels like an 80 zone.
Different story when it gets very busy…
…and just for the record, I’m neither advocating for, nor defending, said speeding. Just trying to understand it in the context of the bonehead who did it.
Joey 16:41 on 2024-06-10 Permalink
Yeah, I didn’t mean that he was probably doing 120 off the bridge, more like he was probably consistently at double the speed limit of whatever road he was on (60 in a 30 zone, etc).