| 🏎️ Alberta driver blames speeding Mercedes on wayward elk but police weren’t buying it. An Alberta man driving a Mercedes SUV got clocked doing 160 km/h (~100 mph) in a 100 km/h (62 mph) zone on a British Columbia highway back in December. When the BC Highway Patrol finally managed to pulled him over, his excuse was pure backcountry gold. When asked by officers about his excessive speed, he claimed he was flooring it to dodge a rogue elk that darted across the road. |
| Cpl. Michael McLaughlin wasn’t having it. |
| “The maximum speed of a North American elk is about 70 km/h, so they are just as athletic as they are majestic,” he said in a release, “but if you feel the need to get away, you still have plenty of room to spare in a 100 km/h zone.” |
| Police noted there was no evidence of any elk involvement, and the driver’s story didn’t hold up—especially since slamming into one at that speed would’ve ended badly for both driver and animal. |
| The result? A ticket for excessive speed under the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, which cost the driver $483, plus his Mercedes got impounded for seven days. |
