From the Bracebridge OPP
Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged another person with impaired driving offences after responding to a traffic complaint on Highway 11 South in Bracebridge, ON.
On July 22, 2024, at 6:15 p.m. Bracebridge OPP officers responded to concerns from members of the public about the driving behaviour of southbound vehicle on Highway 11 South in Bracebridge. Officers located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop near Cedar Lane and subsequently arrested and charged 52-year-old Tony ALTENBURG of Oro-Medonte, ON, with Operation While Impaired CC 320.14(1)(a) and Over 80 CC 320.14(1)(b).
The accused will appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on August 20, 2024, to answer his charges. Drivers who are charged with impaired driving offenses also suffer an immediate 90-day driver’s license suspension and have their vehicles impounded.
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You don’t get pulled over for safe driving! These impaired drivers need to face far stiffer penalties though. Interesting to note, being charged with impaired can make you inadmissible to some countries.
Well I see safe drivers being chastised by this system. Every day for six months, I drove all over Muskoka. Saw bad drivers getting off scott free. While safety drivers were being targeted.