NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLCE
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TOWN OF NEW TECUMSETH, ADJALA-TOSORONTIO & ESSA TOWNSHIPS – The Nottawasaga Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is committed to keeping traffic safety a priority and supported this year's Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Canada Road Safety Week, which took place May 12 to 18, 2020.
The goal of Canada Road Safety Week is to ensure drivers and other road users are helping to keep roads safe. This national traffic safety campaign is designed to increase public compliance to safe driving practices through education and enforcement.
Throughout the week-long initiative, the Nottawasaga OPP laid the following:
- Alcohol impaired driving - two charges;
- Drive while prohibited - three charges;
- Careless driving - one charge;
- Speeding - 204 charges;
- Stunt driving - three charges; and
- Distracted driving - two charges.
Officers from Nottawasaga OPP enforced all aspects of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA), as well as the "Big Four" leading causal factors of collisions and death on our roads: impaired driving, distractive driving, speeding/aggressive driving and lack of seat belt use.
"The Nottawasaga OPP would like to remind motorists to practice safe driving behaviours. Driving is a privilege and with that comes responsibility. Lives depend on it. We all have a role to play in keeping our roads safe, so let's all do our part and drive safe." -Sgt. Scott Rome, Traffic Unit, Nottawasaga OPP
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