{"id":66293,"date":"2024-04-03T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=66293"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:21:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T11:21:05","slug":"opp-statistics-call-for-increasing-impaired-driving-enforcement-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/03\/opp-statistics-call-for-increasing-impaired-driving-enforcement-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"OPP Statistics call for Increasing Impaired Driving Enforcement Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>Increases in impaired driving occurrences are prompting the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to enhance its impaired driving enforcement efforts, with the aim of saving more lives on our roads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, 385 people lost their lives in impaired driving-related collisions on OPP-patrolled roads between 2018 and the end of 2023. During the same period, impaired driving-related collisions have steadily climbed, with 2023 marking a 31% increase when compared to the numbers during the previous five years. Impaired driving charges are also up 33% over the same six-year period.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The increases are a clear sign that many drivers are not doing their part to keep fellow road users safe. Motorists are reminded to be prepared to provide a breath sample during a traffic stop. Under Canada&#8217;s Mandatory Alcohol Screening (MAS) law, drivers must comply with a police officer&#8217;s demand for a breath sample, even in the absence of any suspicion that they have consumed alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MAS remains an effective measure for enhancing the police&#8217;s ability to detect and investigate impaired drivers and remove them from our roads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The OPP also reminds motorists that officers conduct RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) initiatives throughout the year. Drivers should also be prepared to provide a breath sample in these situations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you suspect that a driver is impaired, do not hesitate to call 9-1-1. By doing so, you could be saving a life.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increases in impaired driving occurrences are prompting the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to enhance its impaired driving enforcement efforts, with the aim of saving more lives on our roads. &nbsp; Tragically, 385 people lost their lives in impaired driving-related collisions on OPP-patrolled roads between 2018 and the end of 2023. During the same period, impaired &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 11:32:19","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\/66293","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=66293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66294,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66293\/revisions\/66294"}],"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=66293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}