WELLINGTON COUNTY — Nearly 20 drivers are dealing with impaired charges because of ongoing native Festive RIDE campaigns this winter.
In response to a brand new launch from the West Area Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), 17 impaired charges have been laid in Wellington County throughout the 2024 OPP Festive RIDE occasions (Cut back Impaired Driving All over the place). No warning vary suspensions got.
To date, 52 occasions have been held throughout Wellington County.
In 2023, 14 impaired charges and two warning vary suspensions had been laid all through the marketing campaign.
Throughout the West Area, 883 RIDE checks had been held leading to 148 impaired charges and 10 suspensions.
This 12 months’s Festive RIDE Marketing campaign will run from Nov. 21 to January 1, 2025. The OPP stated members of the general public ought to anticipate an elevated OPP presence on West Area roads and highways all through the marketing campaign.
Extra info on Canada’s impaired driving legal guidelines can be found right here.
