Media Release – 8 February 2016 – 14 February 2016
Over this reporting period police issued 9 tickets and warnings for those traveling on a closed road. Most of these were in relation to driving around the road closed sign on Hwy #21. Provincial Highways are closed by the OPP when the determination is made that the conditions are too dangerous for people to be traveling on them. The roads are then not plowed as well. When people go around a road closed sign and go into the ditch or get into a serious crash police, fire, ambulance, tow truck operators, sometimes hydro trucks have to respond to assist putting their lives at risk as well. Please don’t travel on closed roads.
Saugeen Shores Police assisted 13 motorists who ended up in the ditch over the 12th, 13th and 14th of February. In each of these incidents there was no apparent damage and no injuries. Most of these incidents occurred on Hwy 21 or County #3, some in Saugeen Shores some outside our area. We have not had a whole lot of snow this winter and we maybe have not got into the defensive driving habit yet. Please be careful and drive according to conditions.
8 Feb 2016,
12:30 pm members of the Saugeen Shores Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police executed a warrant at the Sunrise Motel on Hwy 21 and arrested a 35 year old Walkerton woman for breach of probation. She was held for a bail hearing.
9 Feb 2016,
11:57 am Owen Sound Police arrested a 32 year old Owen Sound man on a Saugeen Shores warrant for failing to appear court on a theft charge. The man was picked up and brought to a bail hearing in Walkerton.
12 Feb 2016,
4:40 pm police were alerted to a vehicle stuck in the snowbank on Clarendon St. A 41 year old Saugeen Shores woman was in the driver’s seat with a two year old and a seven year old in the back seat. She was taken to the police station for breath tests and provided readings of 393 mgms and 374 mgms, the legal limit is 80 mgms. She was released on charges of Care and Control and Care and Control over 80 mgms. Her vehicle was towed.
13 Feb 2016,
1:0 am police arrested a 24 year old Saugeen Shores female for Failing to Comply with conditions of a recognizance. She was held for a bail hearing.
14 Feb 2016,
12:23 am police stopped a vehicle in Port Elgin and the driver was found to have been drinking. A roadside test was done and the driver received a three day driver’s licence suspension.
2:01 pm police responded to a mischief complaint where a driver’s side window had been broken on a vehicle. It appeared that the window was broken from snow and debris from a snow blower.
6:07 pm police responded to a motor vehicle collision on Hwy 21 just south of CAW Rd. Two vehicles were north bound on Hwy 21 side by side and the vehicle in the center lane tried to turn into a laneway but sideswiped the vehicle in the curb lane. Minimal damage to the vehicles.
8:09 pm a vehicle struck a deer on High St just west of Carlisle St. The deer had to be put down.
9:38 pm police received a report of a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Hwy 21 just south of CAW Rd at approx. 1:00 pm earlier that day. Two vehicles were north bound on Hwy 21 side by side and the vehicle in the center lane tried to turn right onto Con 6 but sideswiped the vehicle in the curb lane. Minimal damage to the vehicles.
Information released a second time
Police continue to have problems with speeders on Concession #10, Huron St, Concession #6, Carlisle St, High St and Lake Range Rd. Over the next few weeks police will be showing zero tolerance for speeding in these and other areas. Speed limits are set where they are for safety reasons or hidden drives or just the conditions of the area. Please respect the speed limits set.
So you have an idea 70 km/h in a 50 km/h is a fine of $95 and three demerit points, 80 km/h in a 50 km/h zone is $220 and four demerit points. The lasting effect this has on your licence and insurance is expensive.