{"id":11666,"date":"2018-04-06T08:17:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T12:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=11666"},"modified":"2018-04-06T10:17:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T14:17:18","slug":"opp-so-rise-in-seat-belt-charges-during-easter-long-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/06\/opp-so-rise-in-seat-belt-charges-during-easter-long-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"OPP see rise in Seat Belt Charges during Easter Long Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Apr 6, 2018 @ 08:17<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite warning road users ahead of the long weekend and their high visibility throughout the weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid <strong>1,524<\/strong> seat belt charges during their Easter Long Weekend Seat Belt Campaign (March 30-April 2, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The charges mark a five-year high in Easter Long Weekend seat belt offences. With t<strong>en (10)<\/strong> seat belt-related deaths on OPP-patrolled roads so far this year, the OPP is reminding drivers and passengers that choosing to not buckle up continues to cost road users their lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Remember that all drivers are responsible for ensuring that passengers under 16 are secured properly or they could face fines totaling $240 or more.\u00a0The penalties for not wearing your seatbelt are a fine totalling $240 and two demerit points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apr 6, 2018 @ 08:17 Despite warning road users ahead of the long weekend and their high visibility throughout the weekend, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) laid 1,524 seat belt charges during their Easter Long Weekend Seat Belt Campaign (March 30-April 2, 2018). &nbsp; The charges mark a five-year high in Easter Long Weekend seat &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1371],"class_list":["post-11666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-seat-belt"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 05:48:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11683,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11666\/revisions\/11683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}