(SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Distracted Driving Campaign ran from April 15 – April 22, 2013 to help raise awareness on this completely preventable threat to highway safety. The OPP laid 2,141 charges during the campaign for distracted driving.
In 2012, 83 people were killed in motor vehicle collisions within OPP jurisdiction in which distracted driving was a causal factor. This surpassed the number of impaired driving fatalities for 2012.
At the South Bruce detachment, officers laid 7 distracted driving charges during the week long campaign.
Distracted Driving remains one of the Big 4†high risk driving behaviours which leads to serious or fatal motor vehicle collisions on provincial roadways.
The campaign may have ended
