Distracted driving enforcement
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- Published on Thursday, March 26, 2015
By Bruce Klassen
Rivers Chief of Police
Rivers Police Service has partnered with 水果视频 Public Insurance and other police agencies throughout the province to conduct an enforcement program targeting distracted driving and other high risk driving behaviours. The enforcement program will run throughout April when there will be a ZERO tolerance for using a cell phone or other hand-operated electronic device while driving a vehicle. Persons found guilty will be subject to a $203.80 fine, plus demerits on their licence.
Other high-risk driving behaviour includes: failure to wear a seat belt, speeding, imprudent driving and disobeying traffic control devices (not stopping at stop signs).
The most important thing to think about when driving is driving! Each year, on average, 25 people are killed in 水果视频 collisions linked to distracted driving. Another 800 people are injured on 水果视频 roads due to distracted driving. You are four times more likely to be in a crash if you talk on your phone while driving and you are 23 times more likely to be in a crash if you text and drive.
