Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan officers were out this long weekend, targeting unsafe behaviour like speeding, aggressive driving, impaired driving, distracting driving and improper seat belt use.
Between June 30 at 5 p.m. and July 3 at 11:59 p.m., CTSS officers:
• removed 14 impaired drivers from the road (two were charged with impaired driving under the Criminal Code and 12 were issued driver’s license suspensions for having a blood alcohol content between .04 to .08 or drug impairment).
• issued 795 tickets. These included:
◦ 404 speeding tickets;
◦ 40 cellphone use tickets;
◦ 29 seatbelt infraction tickets; and
◦ 45 tickets for invalid registration (35 for vehicles and 10 for trailers).
• issued 42 vehicle defect inspection notices.
• gave out 704 warnings.
