Durham Regional Police Services (DRPS) completed its fourth week of the Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 1,240 vehicles and charging 12 drivers with impaired driving offences.
Officers conducted checks in Ajax, Clarington, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa and Scugog, said a DRPS statement.
Following are the totals (numbers in brackets reflect 2020 third week totals for comparison):
- 1240 (1900) Vehicles stopped by RIDE
- 36 (23) People given Roadside Breath Tests
- 3 (3) People received “3 Day Suspensions” for registering a “WARN”
- 4 (2) Novice Driver received a 3, 7 or 30 Licence Suspension
- 12 (12) People were charged with Drinking and Driving Offences
- 3 (12) Criminal Code Charges
- 56 (67) Charged with various Highway Traffic Act offences
- 0 (0) Drug Offences
After the fourth week, the Festive RIDE team has charged a total of 47 motorists with impaired driving offences. Last year at the same time, 36 had been charged. Another three motorists have registered a WARN on a roadside screening device and had their driver’s licence suspended for three days. Last year at the same time, three driver’s had their licence suspended for registering a WARN.
A complete list of those charged with Impaired/Exceed will be posted on our website later this week at www.drps.ca under Hot Topics.
Note: Under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, anyone charged with a drinking and driving criminal offence will have his or her driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle impounded automatically for seven days.