Wednesday 4 December 2013

Driving at the speed of stupid while drunk and stoned!

RIDE program
Hooray for the OPP who are setting up RIDE programs.
Reduce Impaired Drivers Everywhere.
They up their road checks in December, holiday season. These are my photos from Dec. 2012.

It never fails.
Not only was he approaching a RIDE checkpoint in someone else's truck, but he failed to stop in time, and hit the car in front of him. Then, let's add to the stupidity.

  • He stole the car. It wasn't his.
  • He had alcohol in the car.
  • He was in possession of cocaine.
  • He was driving whilst under suspension.

Our OPP are at-risk checking for drunk/stoned drivers
Lanark Highlands man charged after crash at RIDE checkpoint | Lake 88
lake88.ca
Friday, Nov. 29, 8 p.m.

Here are their 2011/2012 Statistics

2011-2012 FINAL FESTIVE R.I.D.E. STATS (11/25/11 - 01/01/12)


Region
PERSONS ISSUED WARN RANGE SUSPENSIONS (3, 7 OR 30 DAY)
PERSONS CHARGED WITH IMPAIRED, OVER 80 OR REFUSAL
Central
126
155
North West
10
47
East
89
107
North East
41
50
HSD-GTA
149
151
West
136
142
Total
551
652


4 comments:

Hilary said...

Ya gotta love stupid. It's the dangerous part that leaves me nervous.

EG CameraGirl said...

OOPS! Some drivers are not very smart, are they?

Kay said...

This just makes me so angry! We have the same sort of problems in Hawaii, of course.

Red said...

What makes me really angry is that law enforcement is just about absent. When people are caught they don't have to pay up. We have well over 100 million in outstanding traffic fines in Alberta. Take the license away and they still drive. They won't get caught. There has to be a much higher chance of being caught and dealt with.