BC Highway Patrol fines and impounds YouTuber’s modified car

A highly-modified Nissan GT-R is spending the week in an impound lot on Vancouver Island after its driver was ticketed for Excessive Speeding by BC Highway Patrol.

On February 2, 2025, at 6 p.m., an unmarked BC Highway Patrol officer was working in Lantzville, BC, when he heard an excessively loud vehicle accelerate away from a stoplight on Highway #19, near Ware Road.

Thanks to the loud exhaust, the police officer was ready with his laser reader and captured the Nissan GT-R at 150 km/h in a 90 km/h zone.

The Nissan GT-R driver, who identified himself as a YouTube influencer, never saw the unmarked police car, and he was surprised that his radar detector stayed silent, said Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. The driver did not realize that a laser reader would not be picked up by a detector in the hands of a skilled police officer until it was too late.

The driver was issued an excessive speed ticket for $368 and the excessive ticket comes with an automatic seven-day impound.

The GT-R driver and his passenger were polite throughout the traffic stop, and they accepted an offer from the BC Highway Patrol officer to drop them off at a nearby Tim Hortons to await a ride from his mother.