An 84-year-old Toronto man has been charged with stunt driving after allegedly travelling 135 km/h in an 80 km/h zone in Haliburton on Saturday.

Bruce Smith was allegedly driving a silver Cadillac south on highway 35 at about 2 p.m. when the Haliburton Highlands detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police stopped him.

Police said they had clocked the car travelling at 55 kilometres over the speed limit in the Township of Minden Hills.

“We’re not usually looking at our seniors driving a speed like that,” said OPP Const. Paul Potter.

He said driving charges are laid about two times per week, but younger drivers are usually behind the wheel of the speeding vehicles.

Stunt driving charges are applied when a vehicle is spotted travelling at least 50 km over the speed limit. Potter said these charges are common in cottage country, especially during the summer. He said cottage season boosts Haliburton county’s population to 60,000 from 18,000, which means more traffic – and traffic violations – on the roads.

He warned that driving in more rural areas like Haliburton county can be a very treacherous journey, especially at high speeds.

“We don’t have multi-lane highways. They aren’t lit, we don’t have nice, paved shoulders, we don’t have fences. We have twisty, curvy roads,” Potter said.

Smith was allegedly travelling on a single-lane highway with few passing sections, on a stretch of road cut into rocky terrain.

Haliburton police also charged Toronto resident Edward Crosby, 52, with stunt driving after a black Ferrari California was found allegedly travelling at twice the speed limit at 175 km/h on Monday night.