{"id":53422,"date":"2022-04-20T06:18:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T10:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=53422"},"modified":"2022-04-20T06:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T10:18:18","slug":"tbay-opp-611-per-cent-increase-in-seatbelt-related-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/20\/tbay-opp-611-per-cent-increase-in-seatbelt-related-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"TBay OPP &#8211; 611 Per Cent Increase in Seatbelt-Related Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s seatbelt safety campaign proves that not wearing a seatbelt continues to be a serious problem on our roads. There was a 611 per cent increase in seatbelt-related charges year over year.<\/p>\n<p>Across North Western Ontario, 329 seatbelt-related charges were laid over the Easter long weekend compared to 37 in 2021. This includes charges for driver and passenger non-compliance, as well as ten charges for drive while child is not properly secured. The breakdown of seatbelt-related charges by detachment is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dryden &#8211; 37;<\/li>\n<li>Rainy River &#8211; 27;<\/li>\n<li>Greenstone &#8211; 15;<\/li>\n<li>Kenora &#8211; 27;<\/li>\n<li>Marathon &#8211; 10;<\/li>\n<li>Nipigon &#8211; 4;<\/li>\n<li>Red Lake &#8211; 4;<\/li>\n<li>Sioux Lookout &#8211; 10;<\/li>\n<li>Thunder Bay &#8211; 129; and<\/li>\n<li>Traffic Incident Management Enforcement Officers (North West Region-wide) &#8211; 60.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>North West Region would like to remind all road users of the lifesaving value of seatbelts. It is important to set a good example for teens and other young drivers and passengers by buckling up for every ride, ensuring they do too, and to help them form a life-long habit of wearing this important life-saving device.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers are reminded that they are required by law to ensure they have proper (and properly installed) child car seats for babies, toddlers and small children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend&#8217;s seatbelt safety campaign proves that not wearing a seatbelt continues to be a serious problem on our roads. There was a 611 per cent increase in seatbelt-related charges &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-northern-ontario"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 05:52:47","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\/53422","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53423,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53422\/revisions\/53423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}