I can understand the sudden change in speed limits as it's quite typical in rural parts of the USA. Many of the State or County Roads in Montana or Wyoming (where I spend my summers) are 70 mph once you leave the towns or hamlets. Eventually in 20 or 30 miles you run into another town where just outside the speed is reduced incrementally down to 25 mph as you go thru a tiny town that is not more than 200 to 300 yds long. I do quite a few road trips where I'm not familiar with what to expect just over the next hill or around the next curve. The point is you get to know what the routine is and adjust accordingly or the State Police or County Sheriff will nab you.
I've seen the pictures of the cars Barkov has owned and I know he likes powerful fast cars. He may not have been paying attention and that's the point. When the speed limit adjusts from 120 km/h to 100, then to 80, then to 60........you are given plenty of time to adjust once the 60 sign appears............he didn't. He got one last off season also.
I certainly don't classify him as being reckless driver but obviously ticket camera's are taking the place of many officer type speed traps and he should know the routine by now. Was he tricked? I doubt it. He was nailed because he wasn't going 15 to 25 km/h over the limit, he was going 45 km/h over. Not much traffic in the rural area towns and he saw no point in adjusting his speed downward and back up again all within a short distance. All it takes is one old timer or teen pulling out in front of you and you could swerve into on coming traffic or a tree. He needs to adhere or eventually his license will be suspended or fate will bite him in the arz and someone will pull out in front of him.
ps: I see this site is breaking down again like around the draft. Obviously they haven't fixed the ability to handle the traffic.