Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (44) of Great Britain leads the pack at the start of the Canadian Grand Prix, Sunday, June 11, 2017 in Montreal. A six-day provincial crackdown on speeders launched by Quebec police forces on June 7 the start of Montreal Grand Prix weekend saw more than 12,700 tickets handed out by police, about 50 of them for extreme violations of the posted speed limit.Extreme speeding violations occur when speed limits of 60 km/h or less are exceeded by 40 km/h or more; when limits of more than 60 or 90 km/h are exceeded by 50 km/h or more; and when the limit of 100 km/h is exceeded by 60 km/h or more.The crackdown was a joint effort of Quebec police forces and the provinces automobile insurance board (SAAQ), and coincided with the kickoff of June 7 thru 9 Grand Prix weekend in Montreal.While police officers working in 7,000 speed traps handed out the more than 12,000 tickets across the province, Quebecs photo radar network was activated more than 30,000 times by vehicles exceeding the speed limit during the week-long crackdown; two-thirds of those incidents occurred during the Grand Prix
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