WELLINGTON COUNTY – Wellington County OPP laid hundreds of charges during the Thanksgiving long weekend as part of a province-wide traffic safety campaign.
Operation Impact ran from October 9th to the 12th, focusing on dangerous driving behaviours, including speeding, impaired driving, distracted driving, failing to wear a seatbelt and driver fatigue.
Wellington County officers laid:
- 68 speeding charges
- 33 seatbelt charges
- 4 distracted driving charges
- 7 impaired driving charges
- 5 stunt driving charges.
Speeding accounted for the most charges locally, followed by drivers failing to wear their seatbelts.
Across OPP West Region’s 13 detachments, officers made 2,251 traffic stops and laid a total of 2,152 charges.
That includes:
- 1,030 speeding charges
- 83 seatbelt violations
- 15 distracted driving charges
- 41 impaired driving charges
- 36 charges for stunt driving or racing
The OPP says the campaign supports Canada’s Road Safety Strategy and is led by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police.
