OPP Lay Thousands Of Traffic Charges Over Long Weekend
Posted May 22, 2007 12:00 pm.
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The Ontario Provincial Police made one thing very clear heading into the Victoria Day long weekend: their presence on the province’s roads was not the result of a so-called “blitz.”
Still, there were plenty of boys in blue out on the highways and byways, and blitz or no blitz, they seemed to get the job done. OPP officials say their new integrated traffic safety program, which ostensibly treats every day like a blitz, actually caught more motorists breaking the law.
“We’ve got more consistency right across the province,” said OPP Sgt. Cam Woolley. “The great thing is, it did not end last night like it did last year, it’s going on right now,” he added regarding his team’s continued efforts.
“Officers are still out there focusing on seatbelts, aggressive driving and unfortunately impaird drivers, they happen every day.”
Over the weekend holiday officers laid 1,500 more charges than they did over the same weekend in 2006. There were 17 more impaired driving charges laid, over 1,100 more speeding charges, and an increase of 400 seatbelt charges. Unfortunately, they couldn’t be everywhere. There were six deaths on OPP patrolled roads and two boating fatalities. In total, more than 9,000 charges were laid.
