The speeders are generally in their teens or early 20s. One 25-year-old individual was clocked at 127 km/h in the 30-km/h zone. He was fined $100 for not having a valid driver's licence and prohibited from obtaining a licence for six months.

Others have also been clocked at 100 km/h or better. At night, those speeds result in the driver not having time to react to obstacles that appear as they are illuminated in the machine's headlights, Webber noted.

The thrill-seekers have apparently lost sight of the fact that a pedestrian was killed by a speeding snowmobile in the Frame Lake area five years ago.

"As a result of (the fatal accident) the bylaw was changed, the speed limits were put in," Webber said. "Now people seem to have forgotten all about that and they're out there being absolutely stupid."

Enforcing the law can be complicated by individuals who don't register their snowmobiles and therefore don't have any licence plates to make them easier to identify.

Some of the speeders recklessly attempt to escape pursuing officers by racing through city streets.

"When they know they've been caught on radar, they take off at even higher speeds.... Of course, our officers are instructed not to pursue in those circumstances because anybody could get killed in those situations," Webber said.

"They're endangering people's lives, including their own."

However, he added that a number of snowmobilers who have taken such daring measures will likely be identified by officers. If caught, they'll be dealt with as severely as possible, Webber said.