Festive RIDE Results - Week Four

DRPS completed its fourth week of the 2023 Festive RIDE program, stopping more than 1,991 vehicles and charging 16 drivers with impaired driving offences.

Durham Regional officers conducted RIDE checks throughout the Region with the following totals (the numbers in brackets reflect 2022 fourth week totals for comparison):

1,991   (1,550)  Vehicles stopped by R.I.D.E.
120      (77)       People given Roadside Breath Tests
12        (8)         People received “3 Day Suspensions” for registering a “WARN”
5          (2)         Novice Driver received a 3, 7 or 30  Licence Suspension
16        (14)       People were charged with Impaired Driving Offences
1          (1)        Other Criminal Code Charges
162      (113)    Charged with various Highway Traffic Act offences
2          (0)        Drug Offences

Members from the Durham Regional Police Services Board Vice Chair Garry Cubitt, and Board Member Mark Welch joined officers on the RIDE line to thank motorists for driving sober.

This week of RIDE saw DRPS officers working alongside our partners with the O.P.P. and M.T.O. conducting mandatory screening for alcohol with respect to commercial motor vehicles. One operator was removed from the roadways and is facing charges.

Collisions involving transport trucks and other large commercial vehicles can have devastating consequences. Commercial operators are required to have zero alcohol in their system and this serves as a reminder that our officers can and do check for the sobriety of all motorists.

A complete list of those charged with Impaired/Exceed is posted on our website www.drps.ca.

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.