Last year the OPP investigated 65 road collisions in which a drug-impaired driver was found to be the primary cause of the crash. So far in2016, the same factor was behind 59 such collisions on OPP-patrolled roads.
"Tragically, 35 people have died so far this year in alcohol/drug-related crashes, which has the total number of road deaths in this causal category over the last ten years nearing the 650 mark," says an OPP news release.
The Annual Festive “Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere” (R.I.D.E.) campaign is well underway. (Nov. 21, 2016 – Jan. 7, 2017)
Through the holiday season, the OPP hopes to conduct a campaign in which every single driver they pull over in a Festive R.I.D.E. Stop is a sober, drug-free driver.
“The harm caused by the small number of motorists who continue to drive while impaired by drugs and/or alcohol is impossible to calculate. If someone you encounter insists on driving impaired, call 911 so police can take the driver off the road,” says Inspector Brent Cecchini.
Illegal drugs are not the only drugs that can impair one’s ability to drive and result in you losing your licence.
A Warn Range Suspension can be issued to drivers whose Blood Alcohol Concentration falls within the 0.05 to 0.08 range.
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