North Bay Man Feels Full Impact Of OPP Operation Impact!

OPP Media Release

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This Thanksgiving Day Weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police will join all police services from across Canada for "Operation IMPACT". The program will run between noon Friday, October 6th through until midnight Monday, October 9th. "Operation IMPACT" supports Canada's Road Safety Vision 2010, which through effective enforcement and education strategies is aimed at making Canada's roads the safest in the world by 2010.

This year, the OPP and other police services will focus on three key areas which continue to be the main causal factors in most serious and fatal motor vehicle collisions: Use of occupant restraints including children and infants, Impaired driving, and all aspects of Aggressive driving behaviour.

One North Bay man has felt the “impact” of the program first hand by receiving two seatbelt tickets within half an hour of each other. His excuse, “Well officer, it’s a really bad habit of mine, can you give me a break?” That bad habit will cost him $220.00 and four demerit points upon conviction of the offences. So far this weekend members from the North Bay Detachment coupled with the efforts of the Northeast Region Traffic Unit have laid 45 speeding, 4 seatbelt and 17 other traffic related tickets.

The OPP alone has investigated the deaths of 327 people killed in traffic collisions this year. Please wear your seatbelt, don’t drive impaired by alcohol or drugs and obey the speed limit. The life you save may be your own.

We Can’t Be Everywhere, But We Can Be Anywhere! Drive Responsibly!