From the Ontario Provincial Police
People continue to drink and drive.
The Ontario Provincial Police wrapped up a robust Festive RIDE campaign last week, charging 743 drivers with impaired driving between November 21, 2024 and January 1, 2025.
These drivers rang in the new year with the threat of losing their driver’s licence for a full year, and paying the tough financial penalties associated with this serious Criminal Code offence.
The OPP also issued 155 immediate roadside Warn Range Suspensions to drivers who registered a Blood Alcohol Concentration between 0.05 and 0.08.
During the campaign, OPP officers conducted 9,268 RIDE initiatives throughout the province, working around the clock to keep road users safe.
The OPP would like to thank all citizens who stepped up to help keep roads safe by being a designated driver and having other plans in place to help keep impaired drivers off our roads.
The Festive Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign is an annual initiative led by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police. The campaign forms part of the OPP’s commitment to save lives on Ontario roads, waterways and trails through targeted enforcement and public education.
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743 positives divided by 9268 checks is about 8%
If this is a general trend then there must have been thousands of drivers out there over the period, all with too much alcohol in them.
Considering the years of effort and public education that have gone into telling us that drinking and driving is a bad idea we can do better I think, and that “doing better” would come mostly from us, the general population as the Police are already doing a lot.