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Speeding drivers stand out in long weekend crackdown

Operation Impact nets more than 70 charges on Sudbury roads
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During the Thanksgiving weekend, Greater Sudbury Police participated in the National Road Safety Campaign known as Operation Impact, an initiative to make Canada's roads the safest in the world. (File)

During the Thanksgiving weekend, Greater Sudbury Police participated in the National Road Safety Campaign known as Operation Impact, an initiative to make Canada's roads the safest in the world. 

This Police campaign is designed to remind citizens that an essential part of traffic enforcement is to save lives and reduce injuries on Sudbury roadways.

The ultimate goal of Operation Impact is to ensure safety on our roadways through high-visibility coupled with directed enforcement to ensure serious injury or loss of life collisions do not occur.

There were no serious injuries or fatal collisions on the city's roadways during this campaign.

The Greater Sudbury Police Service Traffic Management Unit, Uniform Patrol and Rural Community Response Officers engaged in directed enforcement activities during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. 

Speeding and aggressive driving stood out as the main offences over the long weekend, with more than half of the charges laid related to those two infractions.

The campaign primarily focused on areas where unsafe driving behaviours are an ongoing issue. 

The results of this safety campaign are as follows:

  • Impaired Driving related charges - 1
  • Aggressive Driving related charges - 11
  • Speeding offences under the Highway Traffic Act - 37
  • Distracted Driving charges – Using a hand-held device - 1
  • Seatbelt charges - 1
  • Other (documents, equipment) - 21

"Motorists are reminded that traveling within the posted speed limit and the proper use of seat belts and child safety seats are effective means for reducing injuries and deaths from collisions," said a GSPS news release.

"High-risk road use behaviour include; not wearing seat belts, drinking and driving, distracted driving and speeding."