As part of Canada Road Safety Week, Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) officers from Saskatchewan RCMP, as well as other police agencies, were out on the road focussing on curbing dangerous driving behaviours such as impaired driving, distracted driving, speeding and seatbelt misuse.
Over the seven-day campaign, CTSS officers issued the following:
- 4 Criminal Code impaired charges;
- 43 roadside suspensions for lower-level alcohol and drug impairment;
- 1091 speeding tickets, 82 distracted driving tickets and 81 seatbelt tickets;
- 210 invalid vehicle registration tickets;
- 63 invalid driver’s license tickets;
- 193 vehicle defect inspection notices; and
- 2273 warnings.
“Although Canada Road Safety Week has concluded for 2023, Saskatchewan RCMP is committed to road safety all year long. We will continue to focus our efforts on eliminating high-risk driving behaviours,” says Sgt. Ian Amundsen from Saskatchewan RCMP’s Traffic Services. “We thank all drivers and other road users who continue to do their part to help keep the roads we all travel on safe.”
One of the stops saw a Meadow Lake RCMP CTSS officer conduct a traffic stop on Highway #21 near Pierceland due to an Automated Licence Plate Reader (ALPR) alert regarding a possible unregistered vehicle.
Upon further investigation, the vehicle’s registration was expired by four months, and the adult male driver didn’t possess a valid Saskatchewan driver’s licence. The officer noticed several cracks obscuring the view from the windshield, and the pickup truck bed had lawnmowers stacked on top of other items with no tie-down or straps to prevent cargo from falling out of the vehicle.
The driver received three separate tickets that totalled $905 in fines.
