(PERTH COUNTY, ON) – Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers were out on area roadways enforcing a provincial led traffic initiative which ran from June 26, 2015 to July 1, 2015.
There were several charges laid throughout the County including the following violations:
108 Speeding – Highway Traffic Act (HTA)
1 Racing charge (HTA)
5 Seatbelt charges(HTA)
8 Distracted Driving (HTA)
7 Hazardous Moving offences (HTA)
9 Other HTA offences
2 Liquor Licence Act (LLA)
3Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act (CAIA)
2 Warn Range Suspensions
Officers also responded to 9 crashes; two at intersections where drivers failed to stop, four other minor collisions, three parking lot fender benders and two car deer collisions.
“We would like to thank the motoring public for their continued assistance calling in offending motorists who are a danger to themselves and others. Several of those complaints resulted in our officers being able to stop the offending drivers and issue appropriate warnings or charges”, Staff Sergeant Joel SKELDING Perth County OPP.