The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) completed its fourth week of the Festive R.I.D.E program, stopping more than 1,500 vehicles and charging 22 drivers with drinking and driving offences.
R.I.D.E. checks were conducted in Ajax, Pickering, Whitby, Oshawa, Clarington, Scugog and Brock Township with the following totals: (2018 Festive R.I.D.E. stats from Week Four are in brackets)
1,573 (4,157) Vehicles stopped by R.I.D.E.
128 (115) People given Roadside Breath Tests
10 (12) People received “3/7/30 Day Suspensions” for registering a “WARN”
139 (N/A) Mandatory Roadside Breath Tests
0 (N/A) Person arrested for impaired as result of Mandatory Tests
1 (N/A) People received “3/7/30 Day Suspensions” as a result of Mandatory Tests
0 (N/A) People given “Approved Drug Screening Device” Tests
2 (0) Novice Driver received a “3 Day Licence Suspension”
22 (20) People were charged with Drinking and Driving Offences
31 (32) Criminal Code Offences
66 (73) Charged with various Highway Traffic Act Offences
0 (1) Drug Offences
0 (1) Cannabis Act offences
After the fourth week, the Festive R.I.D.E. team has charged a total of 68 motorists for drinking and driving offences. Last year at the same time, 63 had been charged. Another 56 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, 51 drivers had their licences suspended for registering a WARN, said a police media release.
The R.I.D.E. Team conducted mandatory roadside breath tests again this week on the R.I.D.E. line. Every driver entering the R.I.D.E. line was given a breath test. Results are posted above.
A complete list of those charged with Impaired/Exceed will be posted on DRPS 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 7 days.