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Collected Item: “Police see a spike in speeding and stunt driving during COVID-19 pandemic”

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Police see a spike in speeding and stunt driving during COVID-19 pandemic

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news article

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An article discussing the rise in incidents of extreme speeding while roads are empty due to individuals staying home to avoid the virus. This includes a widely publicized case in which an 18 year old student driver was caught going 308 km/hr on the QEW highway near Hamilton, Ontario in his parents' expensive car.

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Dan Taemeka, CBC News Hamilton

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2020-05-14
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