Saskatchewan RCMP checked approximately 4500 vehicles on Highway #11 by Chamberlain last week.
The focus of the checkstop was removing impaired drivers, unsafe vehicles and vehicles improperly towing recreational items like campers, trailers and boats from Saskatchewan roads.
There were 40 driver’s licence suspensions for being impaired by cannabis, 17 tickets for seatbelt offences, 189 tickets were issued for things like speeding and vehicle equipment violations. 31 vehicles were taken out of services for infractions such as no trailer brakes/signal lights or no safety chains on a trailer.
As well, 42 vehicles were impounded for impaired driving at the dedicated traffic stop on Highway 11 between last Tuesday and Thursday. The Saskatchewan RCMP says it is seeing an increasing number of licence suspensions, specifically for cannabis use.
Saskatchewan RCMP Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) partnered with officers from Saskatchewan Highway Patrol of the Provincial Protective Services (PPS) Branch to conduct the traffic initiative.
These violations and tickets were identified/issued between 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday and 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday/Thursday:
40 driver’s licence suspensions for being impaired by cannabis
1 driver’s licence suspension for being impaired by cocaine
1 driver’s licence suspension for being impaired by alcohol
7 tickets for cell phone use while driving
17 tickets for seatbelt offences (ex. not wearing a seatbelts, child not in a approved car seat)
9 tickets for driving an unregistered vehicle
4 tickets for possessing or consuming cannabis in a vehicle
189 tickets were issued for various other offences (ex. speeding, vehicle equipment violations)
13 vehicle inspections were issued
4 drivers located with current licence suspensions
31 vehicles taken out of service for various infractions (ex. no trailer brakes/signal lights, no safety chains on a trailer)
2 drivers were arrested in relation to outstanding warrants
3 drivers were driving without valid licence
3 people charged under the Tobacco Act – one driver had over 10,000 cigarettes in the vehicle
898 warnings were issued
