DRPS completed its sixth week of the Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 813 vehicles and charging 2 drivers with impaired driving offences.
One incident of note, on Friday, December 24, 2021, a 65-year-old male driver of Blackstock was charged with impaired operation twice in one day, both of his vehicles were seized and the suspect faces numerous charges. This occurred in the area of Regional Road 19 and Old Scugog Road.
Durham Regional Officers conducted RIDE checks in Ajax, Clarington, Pickering, Port Perry, Whitby and Oshawa with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2020 sixth week totals for comparison):
- 813 (770) Vehicles stopped by RIDE.
- 12 (24) People given Roadside Breath Tests
- 0 (2) People received “3 Day Suspensions” for registering a “WARN”
- 0 (0) Novice Driver received a 3, 7 or 30 Licence Suspension
- 2 (4) People were charged with Drinking and Driving Offences
- 4 (7) Criminal Code Charges
- 19 (26) Charged with various Highway Traffic Act offences
- 1 (0) Drug Offences
After the sixth week, the Festive RIDE team has charged a total of 59 motorists with impaired driving offences. Last year at the same time, 47 had been charged.
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.