The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wrapped up their “sturdy” Festive RIDE marketing campaign this week, charging 743 drivers with impaired driving between Nov. 21 and New 12 months’s Eve.
In accordance with officers, these drivers “rang within the new yr with the specter of dropping their driver’s licence for a full yr, and paying the robust monetary penalties related to this critical Legal Code offence.”
The OPP additionally issued 155 rapid roadside Warn Vary Suspensions to drivers who registered a Blood Alcohol Focus between 0.05 and 0.08.
Throughout the marketing campaign, OPP officers carried out 9,268 RIDE initiatives all through the province, working across the clock to maintain highway customers protected.
The province-wide marketing campaign has a notable connection to Oakville: this yr’s launch of the Festive RIDE launched on the HRPS headquarters right here in Oakville two weeks in the past.
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“The OPP wish to thank all residents who stepped as much as assist maintain roads protected by being a delegated driver and having different plans in place to assist maintain impaired drivers off our roads,” says a press release from the OPP.
The Festive Scale back Impaired Driving In every single place (RIDE) marketing campaign is an annual initiative led by the Ontario Affiliation of Chiefs of Police. The marketing campaign kinds a part of the OPP’s dedication to avoid wasting lives on Ontario roads, waterways and trails via focused enforcement and public training.
