---
title: "Aston Martin Vantage Seized After Doing Almost 100 MPH in School Zone"
description: "Even though the 2019 Aston Martin Vantage is capable of speeds up to 195 miles an hour, it's really not a good idea to go chasing that top speed on public roads."
date: "2018-08-21"
modified: "2018-08-21"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/23042/aston-martin-vantage-seized-after-doing-almost-100-mph-in-school-zone"
categories:
  - "Aston Martin News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Aston Martin"
  - "Canada"
  - "Coupe"
  - "luxury"
  - "speeding"
  - "sports car"
  - "Vantage"
---

# Aston Martin Vantage Seized After Doing Almost 100 MPH in School Zone

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Even though the [2019 Aston Martin Vantage](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/20031/2019-aston-martin-vantage-first-drive-review-this-195-mph-predator-has-a-taste-for-porsches>) is capable of speeds up to 195 miles an hour, it's really not a good idea to go chasing that top speed on quiet, residential, public roads; something one Toronto-area man found out the hard way this past weekend.

[York Regional Police](<https://www.yrp.ca/en/Modules/News/index.aspx?feedId=eec058e4-5b49-437f-89cd-d222d7465de7&newsId=11abf4a4-4fc4-4a42-8916-af67dc3f4ede>) found themselves loading one of Aston's new V8 sports cars onto a flatbed Sunday night after it was clocked going almost 100 miles per hour (98, to be exact) in a 25 mile-per-hour school zone in the city of Vaughan. Caught driving 73 miles per hour over and nearly quadruple the speed limit, the yellow-green Vantage's 31-year-old driver was charged with stunt driving, dangerous driving, and speeding. The car will be impounded for seven days.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1031528628767608833

In addition to having your car towed away and kept under somebody else's lock and key for a week, anyone issued a stunt driving ticket in the province of Ontario has their license suspended immediately, which lasts for a week. If convicted of stunt driving (or "stunting," as law enforcement officers sometimes like to call it), this overzealous Aston Martin driver can face a fine between $2,000 and $10,000, have his license suspended for up to two years and even spend up to six months behind bars, according to the [*CBC*](<https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/stunt-driving-list-1.3311954>).

[Just last month,](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/22140/canadian-police-seize-4-cars-on-supercar-tour-caught-stunting-in-niagara>) Ontario police seized a Nissan GT-R, a McLaren 12C, a Mercedes-AMG GT S, and a Porsche Cayenne on a supercar rental tour near Niagara Falls. Nearly all the drivers in that party were slapped with stunt driving charges as well.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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