(Ottawa)— With students returning from summer break, the Ottawa Police Traffic sections, assisted by School Resource Officers and Patrol officers, conducted city-wide proactive traffic enforcement blitzes in school zones.
The two-day enforcement campaign, which took place September 8 and 9, focused on traffic safety in and around school zones.
In particular, officers looked for:
speeding in school zones;
failing to stop, failing to yield to pedestrians at school crossings;
failing to obey crossing guards;
failing to obey school bus signs; and
distracted driving.
As a result, a total of 142 Provincial Offence Notices were issued during this enforcement campaign.
The Ottawa Police Service continues to remind drivers to be alert when driving; this especially applies in school zones.