Close to 11,000 drivers charged during OPP Easter weekend blitz
Posted Apr 3, 2013 08:00:41 AM.
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Provincial police say almost 11,000 drivers have been charged after a crackdown on unsafe driving over the Easter long weekend.
Particular attention was paid during the weekend to impaired, distracted or aggressive driving, as well as people not wearing seat belts.
Police say 10,998 drivers were charged with Highway Traffic Act offences, including 1,587 seatbelt-related charges, 6,989 speeding charges, 602 hazardous moving violations and 316 distracted driving charges.
Meanwhile, 95 people were charged with impaired driving offences and 93 had their driver’s licences suspended for driving while in the warning range for alcohol.
OPP Deputy Commissioner Larry Beechey says the focus on risky driving behaviour will continue for the rest of the year.
