Posted on 12/17/2012, 3:15 pm, by mySteinbach

From December 10 to December 16, 2012, the RCMP Holiday Checkstop Program has resulted in numerous charges.

Week two of the RCMP Christmas Checkstop Program has resulted in the following:

• 4380 vehicles were checked across Manitoba during 84 Checkstops
• 24 people were charged with either Impaired Driving or Drive Over .08
• The average blood/alcohol reading was 170 mgs% (0.170) – just over twice the legal limit
• The highest blood/alcohol reading was 340 mgs% (0.340) – over four times the legal limit – the man was found after he crashed a snowmobile in Lynn Lake.
• An additional three people were charged with Refusal

Other Stats from Week two of the 2012/2013 program include:

• 10 24-hour alcohol related roadside suspensions
• 24 people charged for not wearing their seatbelts
• 471 other traffic related provincial statute (Highway Traffic Act) charges laid
• Seven other Criminal Code driving offences
• Five Drug seizures under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, including a seizure of 40 grams of marijuana at a Checkstop in Lac du Bonnet

There were two traffic-related fatalities during the past week – neither crash was alcohol-related.

Last year during week two, there was one traffic-related fatality. RCMP members conducted 154 Checkstops – checking 5702 vehicles resulting in 41 people being charged with Criminal Code Impaired Driving.