Offence notices have been issued after Winnipeg police say two vehicles were caught racing at speeds exceeding 200 km\/h on Chief Peguis Trail.<\/p>\n
The incident happened on May 16 at around 12:54 a.m. Winnipeg police say Air 1 observed two vehicles travelling at excessive speeds and appearing to race along the busy thoroughfare.<\/p>\n
Police say one of the vehicles was estimated to be travelling in excess of 200 km\/h and captured on video.<\/p>\n
Air1 tracks vehicles to residence<\/p>\n
Air 1 followed both vehicles to a home where they parked. Ground units went to the location, and both vehicles and their registered owners were identified.<\/p>\n
Offence notices for Racing and Careless Driving were issued to the registered owners. Responsibility for the offences will be determined through the court process.<\/p>\n
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Speed a factor in other investigations<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Winnipeg police say speed and aggressive driving are being considered factors in several collisions under investigation this spring.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Winnipeg Police Service officers issued more than 13,194 speeding-related violations.<\/p>\n
The Winnipeg Police Service says that\u00a0excessive speeding, aggressive driving and street racing significantly increase the risk of serious collisions and endanger motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users.<\/p>\n
As the summer driving season is here, police encourage all motorists to slow down, exercise patience and make safe driving choices to help prevent injuries and save lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Offence notices have been issued after Winnipeg police say two vehicles were caught racing at speeds exceeding 200…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-729986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}