The Citizen, 2015-05-28, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 2015. PAGE 19.
Impaired driving
doubles in Huron
Practice makes perfect
Hannah Garrick and Curtis Terpstra, the winners of last year’s Youth Dance Challenge, which
featured members of the Brussels Cadets performing routines with Dance Techniques
members, were on the stage again, this time it was at Memorial Hall, a favourite performance
space for Dance Techniques. The group was in Blyth earlier this month for three spring dance
recitals which is where Garrick and Terpstra performed “Grease Lightning”. (Photo submitted)
Nearly five full months into 2015
Huron County Ontario Provincial
Police (OPP) have charged 34
drivers with Impaired Driving and/or
Over 80 Milligrams Offences.
By comparison, at this point in
2014, Huron OPP had laid 18
charges. Police say this significant
increase (90 per cent) in charges is
troublesome and very concerning to
Huron OPP Detachment members.
Despite the year-round public
education and awareness efforts by
Huron OPP and efforts by the local
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD) chapter and Ontario
Students Against Impaired Driving
(OSAID) groups, too many drivers
in Huron County continue to make a
conscious decision to endanger
others by operating a vehicle while
impaired by alcohol or drugs says
OPP Constable Jamie Stanley.
Analysis of the Huron County
OPP year-to-date Impaired/Over 80
Charges revealed the following data.
• 85 per cent (29) of the charged
drivers were male.
• 76 per cent (26) of the charged
drivers were from Huron County.
• 68 per cent (23) of the stops took
place during daylight hours (6 a.m.
to 9 p.m.).
• 62 per cent (21) of the drivers
charged were stopped in rural areas.
• 38 per cent (13) of drivers
charged were between the ages of 16
to 29. Of particular note, six of those
drivers were under the age of 22
(Young Drivers that are subject to a
Zero Blood Alcohol Concentration).
• 33 per cent (11) of drivers were
between the ages of 30 to 49 and 26
per cent (nine) were between the
ages of 50 to 69.
• 15 per cent (five) of the drivers
charged were involved in motor
vehicle collisions.
• All drivers charged received an
automatic 90-day driver’s licence
suspension and a future court date.
OPP Staff Sergeant Shawn
Johnson said the news was troubling.
“It is very concerning to see such a
drastic increase this year in the
numbers of impaired drivers being
charged in Huron County,” he said.
“Despite our ongoing public
safety messaging, awareness
campaigns, high levels of visibility,
strict enforcement and our year-
round commitment to the various
Provincial Traffic Safety Programs,
we are still seeing too many drivers
placing themselves and others at risk
by driving drunk,” he said. “Any
suggestion that drinking and driving
is a just a way of life in rural Ontario
or socially acceptable in Huron
County is completely unacceptable
and highly inexcusable. Impaired
Driving is a serious criminal offence
[and it] places our community at
great risk. Collectively, we can all
make a positive difference in
reducing the number of impaired
drivers as we move forward in the
year.”
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