Between August 2 and August 5, OPP was out on patrol conducting traffic enforcement on roads, waterways, and trails.
A total of 77 charges were laid in the Nipissing West Detachment areas during this past weekend's traffic initiative. There were no ''Move Over'' violations.
Some of the charges include:
- seven moving violations
- 52 speeding charges
- two seatbelt charges
- three impaired related offences
- two charges under the Liquor Licence Act; and
- one Small Vessel Regulations charge
Officers investigated a total of 11 collisions, two involved motorcycles and resulted in serious injuries. One person died as a result of a swimming mishap.
Meanwhile, a total of 80 charges were laid in the North Bay OPP Detachment area during this past weekend's traffic initiative. Some of the charges include:
- 1 - Fail to Move Over for Emergency Vehicle Charges
- 2 - Moving violations
- 62 - Speeding charges
- 2 - Warn Range Suspensions
- 4 - Liquor Licence Act charges
Over the entire North East Region, 828 charges (not including warn range suspensions) were laid by the OPP including:
- 12 - Fail to Move Over for Emergency Vehicle Charges
- 34 - Moving violations
- 504 - Speeding charges
- 7 - Stunt driving, Racing charges
- 6 - Warn Range Suspensions
- 38 - Liquor Licence Act charges
- 9 - Impaired by Alcohol charges
- 1 - Impaired by Drug charge
- 13 - Marine offences
- 7 - Drug Offence charges
- 127 - Other Highway Traffic Act charges
