This luxury sports car was impounded for excessive speeding in Metro Vancouver

The ticketing and towing by police of a sports car in Richmond is drawing favourable attention on social media.

Richmond RCMP tweeted their pulling over of an Audi R8 on Steveston Highway on Monday, with the officer indicating that the driver was showing “wanton disregard for safety of the community around him. Our streets are not your playground.”

Asa well as having the car impounded, the driver was ticketed for excessive speeding and two additional infractions.

The officer signed off with “#Bingo.”

Tweets of support included:

This Audi R8 driver was operating with wanton disregard for safety of the community around him. Our streets are *not* your playground. Excessive Speeding & 2 additional infractions + immediate vehicle impoundment 🚔🚨#Bingo pic.twitter.com/hDDrgElCfm

— Richmond RCMP (@RichmondRCMP) June 10, 2019