1,470 speeders ticketed on southern Alberta highways over long weekend

RCMP handed out 1,470 speeding tickets on southern Albertas highways over the busy long weekend.

Twenty of those went to people going more than 50 kilometres above the speed limit out on mountain highways west of Calgary, police said.

The biggest ticket went to a driver travelling 114 km/h in a 40 km/h zone along Banff Avenue in Banff.

Corp. Chris Blandford says that person is headed to court for a decision on fines and driving suspensions.

Blandford saysmost speeders are statisticallymen between 20 and 39 years old, but police are catching more young women speeding as well.

Were seeing a sharp increase in young females between 20 and 29 years of age that are travelling at very high speeds, he said.