(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – On Friday April 25 through Sunday April 27, 2014 Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 401 with positive results.
Officers assigned to a Lidar radar initiative on Highway 401 near Wesleyville Road in the Municipality of Port Hope on Friday issued 35 Provincial Offence Notices (PON) under the Highway Traffic Act to motorists who were exceeding the posted 100 kilometre per hour speed limit.
Seamus Patrick ROONEY, 23 from Ajax was issued a Part lll summons for racing under the Highway Traffic Act for travelling at 155 km/hour. His licence has been suspended for seven days and the 2013 Volvo he was operating has been impounded for seven days also.
Two motorists were issued PON’s for fail to move over for emergency vehicles while officers were doing their enforcement initiative. In April 2003 the Highway Traffic Act was amended to require all motorists to slow down and proceed with caution when passing an emergency vehicle parked on the shoulder with its lights flashing. On multi-lane highways (such as the 401) motorists are required to move over and leave a lane between their vehicle and the emergency vehicle, if it can be done safely.
Also on Friday at about 5:15 pm, a vehicle was also stopped during a RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) spot check on County Road 30 where the passenger had an open beer. The driver was issued a PON under the Liquor Licence Act for driving a motor vehicle with open container of liquor. The driver was found to be sober and sent on her way.
On Sunday, April 27 between 2:30 and 4:00 pm, OPP seized two speed measuring warning devices from motorists on Highway 401 north of Brighton. The drivers were issued PON’s under the Highway Traffic Act for the offence of drive motor vehicle with speed measuring warning device. Speed measuring warning devices is commonly known as “radar detectors†which are prohibited in Ontario.
As part of the OPP’s Provincial Traffic Safety Program, police like to remind motorists that impaired driving, aggressive driving, people not wearing occupant constraints and distracted driving are major causes of fatalities and injuries on Ontario roads. Please do you part to keep Ontario roads safe.