Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) yesterday announced the results from the first week of the 2022 Festive RIDE program.
It stopped more than 1,755 vehicles and charged 14 drivers with impaired driving offences.
RIDE checks were conducted in Ajax, Pickering, Clarington, Whitby, Oshawa and Uxbridge with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2021 first week totals for comparison):
1,755 (1,463) Vehicles stopped
117 (40) People given Roadside Breath Tests
12 (6) People received three-day suspension for registering a ‘WARN’
3 (4) Novice Driver received a 3-, 7- or 30-day Licence Suspension
14 (15) People were charged with Drinking and Driving Offences
5 (0) Other Criminal Code Charges
159 (74) Charged with various Highway Traffic Act offences
2 (0) Drug Offences
During first week’s program, DRPS partnered with the Ministry of Transportation and the Ontario Provincial Police to conduct a joint enforcement/RIDE initiative at the Whitby MTO Scales on the 401 Highway. DRPS conducted mandatory roadside screening for alcohol to over 70 commercial motor vehicle operators, and announced that no commercial drivers had alcohol in their system. One passenger vehicle did enter the line and the female driver was arrested and charged for impaired related offences.
A complete list of those charged with Impaired/Exceed will be posted on our website www.drps.ca.
Under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, anyone charged with a drinking and driving criminal offence will have their driver’s licence suspended for 90 days and their vehicle impounded automatically for seven days.