Ontario Provincial Police say the second week of their Festive RIDE (Scale back Impaired Driving In every single place) marketing campaign within the Higher Ottawa Valley turned up zero impaired drivers.
Based on police, officers within the space carried out 24 RIDE checks from Nov. 28 to Dec. 4. Not a single driver was discovered to be impaired, and no charges had been laid.
One particular person within the space was charged within the first week of the marketing campaign, following a RIDE examine in Pembroke.
OPP nonetheless charged two drivers final week with impaired driving offences exterior of RIDE checks. A 19-year-old driver in Pembroke was charged with driving whereas impaired by medicine and a 34-year-old woman was charged with driving whereas impaired by alcohol after crashing her car right into a ditch in Whitewater Area.
The Festive RIDE marketing campaign will proceed within the Higher Ottawa Valley till Jan. 1.
