PEMBROKE — The Upper Ottawa Valley OPP recently wrapped up its Easter long weekend spring seat belt campaign which started on April 14 and concluded on April 17, 2017.
Over the course of the campaign, officers conducted targeted enforcement looking for motorists who were not obeying seatbelt laws. As a result, Upper Ottawa Valley OPP officers laid 23 seatbelt charges over the course of the long weekend.
Although seatbelt use was the main traffic focus of the weekend officers were also on the lookout for provincial and criminal offences such as distracted driving, impaired driving and aggressive driving in order to reduce the amount of motor vehicle collisions, injuries and deaths on OPP patrolled highways. In addition to the seatbelt offences officers laid two Impaired Driving charges under the Criminal Code and 28 speeding charges and16 hazardous moving violation charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) over the course of the 4 day campaign.
