Clinton News Record, 2016-09-07, Page 11Justine Alkema/Clinton
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The Clinton Kinsmen
have installed an
ATM machine in
the Central Huron
Community Complex.
All the money raised
by the machine will
go back into the
community centre.
New ATM machine all ready to go in
Central Huron Community Complex
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 • News Record 11
OPP updates
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INATTENTIVE DRIVERS
LINKED TO TWICE AS
MANY ROAD DEATHS AS
IMPAIRED DRIVERS THIS
YEAR
OPP to Conduct Distracted
Driving Campaign over
Labour Day Weekend
(HURON COUNTY, ON) -
For the first time since
Ontario distracted driving
laws were introduced in
2009, the Ontario Provincial
Police (OPP) is reporting
that driver inattention -
related road deaths are
poised to double the num-
ber of impaired -related
deaths this year.
As the OPP prepares to
launch its Distracted Driving
Campaign over the Labour
Day weekend, as of mid-
August, the OPP has investi-
gated 38 road deaths in
which an inattentive driver
was involved, compared to
19 deaths involving an
impaired driver.
While both of these driv-
ing behaviours are equally
threatening to the safety of
road users, this latest data
has the OPP calling for a
heightened awareness of
the prevalence of distracted
drivers and the risks they
pose on our roads. The
OPP is also calling on
Ontarians to develop a sim-
ilar level of public intoler-
ance of these dangerous
drivers that exists of
impaired drivers.
When you are riding with
a distracted driver, know that
when their eyes are on their
phone or they are distracted
by something else, those
eyes are not on the road and
you are not safe.
"Don't be a passenger of
a distracted driver. Recog-
nize that they are endan-
gering your life. Speak up
and insist that they focus
on the road and on safe
driving. By not doing so,
you are contributing to the
problem. Since 2009, our
officers have investigated
more than 600 road deaths
that involved an inattentive
driver. Consider how many
of those innocent lives
could have been saved had
someone else in the vehicle
intervened?'
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