YouTuber is surprised when BC Highway Patrol impounds his high-performance vehicle

BC Highway Patrol

2025-02-05 07:54 PST

File # 7001 2025-291

A highly-modified Nissan GT-R is spending the week in an impound lot on Vancouver Island after its driver was ticketed for Excessive Speeding by BC Highway Patrol.

A Nissan GT-R is towed to an impound lot on Vancouver Island after its driver was ticketed for excessive speed

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On February 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m., an unmarked BC Highway Patrol officer was working in Lantzville, BC, when he heard an excessively loud vehicle accelerate away from a stoplight on Highway #19, near Ware Road.

Thanks to the loud exhaust, the police officer was ready with his laser reader and captured the Nissan GT-R doing a speed of 150 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.

The Nissan GT-R driver, who identified himself as a YouTube influencer, never saw the unmarked police car, and he was surprised that his radar detector stayed silent, said Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. The driver did not realize that in the hands of a skilled police officer, a laser reader will not be picked up by a detector until it’s too late.

The driver was issued an excessive speed ticket for $368 under section 148(1) of the BC Motor Vehicle Act. The excessive ticket comes with an automatic seven-day impound.

The GT-R driver and his passenger were polite throughout the traffic stop, and they accepted an offer from the BC Highway Patrol officer to drop them off at a nearby Tim Hortons to await a ride from his mother. 

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Cpl. Michael McLaughlin
Media Relations Officer
BC Highway Patrol
14200 Green Timbers Way, Surrey, BC V3T 6P3
Office: 778-290-5844

Email: bchp_media@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Website: bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/highway-patrol

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