Festive R.I.D.E. Results - Week Four

DRPS completed its fourth week of the 2022 Festive R.I.D.E program, stopping more than 1,550 vehicles and charging 14 drivers with impaired driving offences.

Durham Regional officers conducted R.I.D.E checks in Ajax, Pickering, Oshawa, Whitby, Port Perry, Scugog, Clarington and Bowmanville with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2021 fourth week totals for comparison):

1550     (1240)  Vehicles stopped by R.I.D.E.
77         (36)      People given Roadside Breath Tests
8           (3)        People received “3 Day Suspensions” for registering a “WARN”
2           (4)      Novice Driver received a 3, 7 or 30  Licence Suspension
14         (12)      People were charged with Impaired Driving Offences
1           (3)       Other Criminal Code Charges
113       (56)     Charged with various Highway Traffic Act offences
0           (0)       Drug Offences

This week of R.I.D.E. saw DRPS officers working alongside our partners with the O.P.P. on multiple R.I.D.E. lines throughout the region. The team was also joined by volunteers from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) of Durham Region who were present on some of our R.I.D.E. lines speaking with motorists. Of note this week we saw several arrested parties provide breath samples in excess of 200 mg of alcohol in 100 mL of blood, more than 2.5 times the legal limit – with one driver providing samples nearly five times the legal limit.

A complete list of those charged with Impaired/Exceed will be posted on our website at www.drps.ca under Ride Results.

Note: Under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, anyone charged with a criminal impaired driving offence will have their driver’s licence suspended for ninety days and their vehicle impounded automatically for seven days.

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