{"id":753944,"date":"2026-06-22T16:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/753944\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:49:12","slug":"fore-get-about-it-being-late-for-tee-time-no-excuse-for-speeding-abbotsford-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/753944\/","title":{"rendered":"Fore-get about it: being late for tee time no excuse for speeding, Abbotsford police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man had his car impounded after he was stopped while trying to speed to the golf course, according to the Abbotsford Police Department (AbbyPD).<\/p>\n<p>Police say they clocked the 55-year-old man driving 112 km\/hr in a 50 km\/hr zone near King Road and Lefeuvre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the driver was pulled over, he was apologetic but told the officer he was late for his tee time,\u201d the AbbyPD said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver ended up calling for a ride-share vehicle with his golf clubs in tow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police say excessive speeders face mandatory seven-day vehicle impoundments and \u201chefty fines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbotsford police say they have impounded the vehicles of 218 excessive speeders so far this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=vancouver.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778189171_473_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man had his car impounded after he was stopped while trying to speed to the golf course,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-753944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753944","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=753944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}