A B.C. woman has one year to pay a $2,300 fine after she was caught speeding on Highway 63 near Boyle.

According to the RCMP-Alberta Sheriffs Integrated Traffic Unit, an officer patrolling Highway 63 north of Grassland tracked the vehicle speeding just after 9 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2017.

With a radar, he recorded her Acura TL to be travelling northbound at 215 km/h in a 110 km/h zone.

Police say she told the officer who stopped her she was in a hurry because she was going to Fort McMurray to visit a friend and was excited she was almost finished her drive.

Police say they had already received a complaint about the same vehicle speeding past other drivers on double solid lines near a school in Grassland.

“This is an extreme and dangerous rate of speed, and the court has recognized that,” said Const. Paul Banks of the Boyle RCMP-Alberta Sheriffs Integrated Traffic Unit.

“At high speeds your ability to react to something on the road, including other vehicles, people and animals is greatly reduced, as is your stopping distance,” he said. “You also risk an increase in severity of injury when there is a collision.”

Samantha Bookey of Aldergrove, B.C. was given the fine in a Boyle court ex parte, meaning an application was made for the hearing to continue without her, on Nov. 20.

She has one year to pay the fine and faces a possible 25 days in jail if she fails to pay on time.

The sentencing is the highest fine possible for speeding in Alberta.

Police and other emergency responders have said safety on Highway 63 has improved since twinning of the 250-kilometre stretch between Fort McMurray and Atmore began in late 2012.

Construction began shortly after a head-on collision killed seven people including a pregnant woman and two children. It was completed in the summer of 2016.

Even with twinning completed, Banks said there is still no justification for speeding on Highway 63 or anywhere else.

“Any time you’re speeding, regardless of whether you’re on a divided, four-lane highway, it’s still a danger,” he said.

-with files from The Canadian Press

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