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Noelville Detachment
RELEASE: DE: Détachement Noëlville PUBLICATION LE: May 06, 2008 NEWS RELEASE FIRE DESTROYS
TWO VEHICLES ( Anyone having information about this crime or any crime is
asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. Your information is
confidential and your identity is kept anonymous. EXCESSIVE SPEED RESULTS IN DRIVER’S LICENCE
SUSPENSION ( MAN ARRESTED FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING ON GOLF CART ( MILLERS was charged with Impaired Driving and Driving with
Over 80 mgs of Alcohol per 100 ml of Blood as well as two counts of Breach of
Recognizance. He was issued with a Notice of Increased Penalty and his
driver’s licence was suspended for 90 days
under the He was transported to the Sudbury District Jail pending a
bail hearing. TRAFFIC COMPLAINT RESULTS IN IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGES (Markstay Warren, On.) On DEKKER was further charged with Drive Motor vehicle
– No Licence, Use Plate not Authorized for
Vehicle, Operate Motor Vehicle without Insurance and Driving Motor Vehicle
with Open Container of Liquor. She was
issued a summons to appear in YOUTH CHARGED WITH OPEN LIQUOR IN VEHICLE ( The Police would like
to again remind residents that DO NOT program If you are
reporting a motor vehicle collision after the fact, a break and enter which
occurred last week, if you have an administrative question or if you are
looking for a particular officer, call 1-888-310-1122. All It is against the law to call MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION REPORTS Detachment
Commander’s Message On Move Over
legislation and the OPP’s enforcement Noelville OPP Detachment
Commander Staff Sergeant Tim Foster would like to remind the public about the
Move Over Legislation. This Legislation which came into effect in April 2003, is to increase both officer and public safety. Ontario's Highway Traffic Act requires motorists when
approaching a police, fire or ambulance vehicle stopped with its emergency
lights flashing in the same direction of travel, either in a lane or on the
shoulder of a road or highway, to slow down and pass with caution. If the road has two or more lanes, the motorist must move
over into another lane, if it can be done safely. If a motorist can’t
move over, they must slow down to a reasonable speed. Failing to do so can
result in the following: First offence
- $400 to $2,000, plus three demerit points upon conviction and possible
suspension of driver's licence for up to two years.
Subsequent
offence (within five years) - $1,000 to $4,000 fine, possible jail
time up to six months and possible suspension of driver's licence
for up to two years. IMPACT ON THE OPP: Since 1989, five OPP officers have been killed on
provincial highways while parked at the side of the road. At least six
OPP officers have been involved in incidents since November 2007
where they were either hit by a vehicle or their cruiser was hit while they
were parked on the side of the road, with their lights activated: A cruiser was struck on January 23 in West Region at a
collision scene. A tractor trailer lost control, jack-knifed, and skidded
over top of Sgt. Scott Braun. He is okay. Officer saw it coming and had the
presence of mind to drop to the ground. The tractor trailer passed over him
and hit his cruiser. In An officer from Nottawasaga
Detachment was injured when a vehicle hit him during a traffic stop. An In the most recent incident, an SUV sideswiped an officer
on Highway 400 northbound on Friday, April 18, 2008. The officer received
minor scrapes and bruisers to his arm. The SUV driver failed to stop. A motorist drove into the back end of a fire truck parked
on the shoulder of the road at accident scene on Highway 401 in KEY MESSAGES: Safety of emergency services and other personnel is
paramount while they are providing assistance on the shoulder of the
province’s highways OPP officers put their lives on the line every day when
they report for duty but they shouldn’t need to worry about being
injured – or worse – when making traffic stops on the highways Future deaths and injuries to emergency personnel can be
minimized by enacting this legislation Drivers have a responsibility to know the rules of the
road as outlined in the Highway Traffic Act. Ignorance of the law is
no excuse There are signs at border crossings notifying people of
the law MTO has included information on the legislation in license
renewal notices MTO also posts “move over” reminders on
provincial COMPASS signs The OPP has, for the past year, mentioned it regularly in
media releases announcing weekend and other traffic initiatives for a number
of years In January, 2008 the OPP did a province-wide news release
warning drivers that the OPP would be cracking down on offenders There is also financial impact to the OPP and its officers
when officers and/or cruisers involved in collisions on the side of the roads
– replacing or repairing vehicles, time off duty for injured officers,
related health costs, insurance increases, etc. OPP and MTO participated in the production of Similar legislation has already been enacted in The legislation supports and enhances other road safety
initiatives including: Highway Incident Management Task Force (Red Tape with the
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (OPP) and the Ministry
of Transportation); Action Plan for Safer Roads (MTO); Community Safety Zones (MSG). Did You Know? (From Corporate
Communications Bureau in The The OPP, which is responsible for about 70 per cent of the
province’s highways, laid 10,753 charges against drivers, 4,481 charges
against passengers and charged 274 drivers for not having a properly
installed child restraint. Last year, 117 people were killed on roads patrolled by
the OPP as a result of not being buckled up, a 14.7 per cent increase over
2006. So far in 2008, 27 people not wearing seatbelts have died on OPP-patrolled
roads, a 28.9 per cent decrease over the same time last year, when 38 people
had been killed as a result of not being buckled up. “Ontario has one of the highest compliance rates for
seatbelt use of any jurisdiction in North America,” OPP Commissioner
Julian Fantino said. “But there are still
drivers out there who don’t seem to get it. We had four people die
during the campaign because they weren’t buckled up. The few seconds it
takes to buckle up could be the difference between living and dying if you
are involved in a serious collision.” In one incident, OPP stopped a passenger van in which 12
of the 15 people in it weren’t wearing seatbelts. The law calls for
vehicles to have one seatbelt for each passenger seat. The OPP was also checking for improperly installed child
restraints or young children who weren’t in car seats at all. A
properly used child seat reduces a child’s risk of injury in a motor
vehicle collision by as much as 75 per cent, yet as many as 80 per cent of child
car seats are used incorrectly. Municipal police services across the province were also
involved in the seatbelt campaign. View our releases
at www.crimealerts.net -30- Contact: Detachment
Commander: P.C. Louise Monette
Staff Sergeant Tim Foster Community Services/Media Relations Officer 239 Hwy 64 S, Tel: (705) 898-2211 Fax: (705) 898-2143 |
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