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OPP lay 2,500 traffic-related charges during the long weekend

Campaign was designed to save lives and reduce injuries on Ontario's roads, trails, and waterways with a special focus on safety equipment
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NEWS RELEASE
CENTRAL REGION ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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Members of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments across Central Region laid 2,568 traffic-related charges between June 25 and July 3, 2022. The week-long campaign was designed to save lives and reduce injuries on Ontario's roads, trails, and waterways with a special focus on safety equipment.  

Officers across Central Region worked very hard to ensure everyone's safety this long weekend. During the campaign, officers were highly visible as they focused on safety equipment, such as helmets, life-jackets and seatbelts.  Although properly-worn safety equipment was the focus of this campaign, enforcement was not limited to just equipment.

Charges laid in Central Region include:

  • Speeding - 1331
  • Various Highway Traffic Act / Hazardous Moving Violations - 863
  • Stunt Driving - 31
  • Impaired by Drugs or Alcohol - 63
  • Suspensions - warning range on Approved Roadside Screening Device - 10
  • Distracted Driving - 26
  • Seatbelts (motor vehicle) - 179
  • Seatbelts (off-road vehicle) - 6

Marine:

  • PFD/Life Jacket - 44

Off Road Vehicles

  • No helmet - 6

OPP officers conducted 2,746 traffic stops ramping up enforcement and education regarding the presence and use of lifesaving equipment to help ensure Ontarians traveled safely on and off the road.

As summer has arrived, the OPP is counting on everyone to comply with all traffic, off-road and marine laws. Doing so will go a long way toward reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries on roads, waterways and trails.

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