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Four different drivers were pulled over on Highway 401 between London and Woodstock for driving more than 150 km/h on Thursday, police say.

A 22-year-old London man, a 25-year-old from Chatham, a 46-year-old from British Columbia and a 62-year-old from Belle River are facing charges after a patrol by OPP officers from the highway safety division. A certain level of speed – more than 50 km/h over the speed limit – qualifies as “racing.”

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All four drivers are charged with racing a motor vehicle, and had their vehicles impounded for seven days.

A day earlier, a London driver was charged with racing for the second time since March after their vehicle was clocked going 126 km/h on Oxford Street East, a road with a 50 km/h speed limit. Their car was seized and licence suspended for a week.

“The roads may have less traffic, but that just makes it easier to catch people speeding,” London police said on social media.