(TOWNSHIP OF PERTH EAST, ON) Shortly before midnight on Saturday October 27, 2012, Perth County OPP officers were conducting a R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere) program at the intersection of Perth Road 119 and Line 45 in Gadshill.
At that time a thirty one year old female driver from Stratford approached the officers in her vehicle, while smoking a cigarette. As the officer spoke with the driver he observed two young children in the vehicle. The driver was advised to extinguish the cigarette and was served a $155 ticket for “having lighted tobacco in motor vehicle while another person less than 16 years old was presentâ€Â.
Shortly after 12:30 a.m. on Sunday October 28, 2012, a male driver was stopped at the same R.I.D.E. program location. The odour of an alcoholic beverage was detected on his breath, he was subsequently administered a roadside breath test on which he registered a blood alcohol concentration reading from .05 to .08. As a result of this reading his drivers licence was seized and suspended for 3 days.
Motorists should not be surprised to see Perth County OPP R.I.D.E. programs any day of the week at any time of day.
