From December 20 to December 26, 2010, the RCMP Holiday Check Stop Program has resulted in numerous charges.
• 4447 vehicles were checked across the Province of Manitoba during 120 Check Stops
• 15 people charged with either Impaired driving or Drive Over .08.
• The average blood/alcohol reading was 167 mgs%(0.167) – over double the legal limit.
• An additional three people were charged with Refusal.
Other stats from the 2010/2011 program include:
• Five – 24 hour alcohol-related roadside suspensions (compared to 6 last year during the same period).
• Thirty-three people charged for not wearing their seatbelts
• Another additional 300 traffic related provincial statute charges laid.
During the same period of the 2009/2010 program there were 28 people charged for impaired driving related offences.
Since the start of the 2010-2011 Christmas Check Stop program, the RCMP has charged 88 people with Impaired driving, Drive Over .08, or Refusal, and issued 40 24-hour alcohol related roadside suspensions.
One person was killed in a fatal single vehicle rollover on December 23 in Swan River. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.
The RCMP Christmas Check Stop Program will continue through the New Year’s long weekend until January 3, 2011.
RCMP remind the public that alcohol and driving is a recipe for disaster, please don’t drink and drive.
Sgt. Line Karpish
RCMP Media Relations
Tel.: (204)983-8497
