RCMP are out on Whitehorse roads this week reminding people to follow the speed limits. (CBC/Dave Croft)
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RCMP will be out for a second day today, reminding Whitehorse drivers to follow the speed limits.
They handed out 24 speeding tickets over two hours on Two Mile Hill on Thursday. Another driver was caught with a suspended license.
Cpl. Shawn Pollard says it's a seasonal problem.
Cpl. Shawn Pollard says speeding kills. He and other RCMP officers are running checkstops this week in Whitehorse. (CBC/Dave Croft)
"Along with the spring weather, people just seem to drive faster when the sun comes out, the road's dry up," he said. "Getting some pretty high speeds on this hill."
Pollard says the fastest speed clocked by officers was a driver going 107 km/hour in the 60 km/hour zone.
