News - Canada Road Safety Week

During the National Road Safety Week Enforcement Campaign, which ran from May 12 to 18, 2015, Manitoba RCMP officers were out at check stops throughout the Province, focusing on high-risk driving behaviours.

Steinbach RCMP will be focusing on traffic enforcement during Canada Road Safety Week, a national campaign aimed at making Canada’s roads the safest in the world.

The summer months mean barbecues, cottage country and sunny days, but for RCMP officers, the summer months mean they will be heading to more fatal collisions and notifying more families that their loved one will not be coming home.

Manitoba RCMP will be hitting the streets to target high-risk driving behaviours during Canada Road Safety Week May 13 to May 19, 2014.

May 13-20 this year was National Road Safety Week. During these dates, Central Plains RCMP were out on the roads checking on motorists with a focus on high-risk driving behaviours.

The RCMP will never stop trying to make Manitoba roadways safer. Despite the rainy weather over the long weekend, RCMP members were conducting Checkstops throughout the Province.

With Manitoba experiencing a 7.8 percent increase in collision claims last year, Canada Road Safety Week should be the catalyst for drivers to self-evaluate their driving behavior, says Manitoba Public Insurance.

“D” Division RCMP members continued to target High Risk Drivers during Canada Road Safety Week, a national enforcement campaign corresponding with the May long weekend, designed to target those who choose to drive impaired, and fail to obey traffic safety laws.

The goal of Canada’s Road Safety Week, which runs May 14-21, is for all drivers to self evaluate their behavior while on the road.

May 16 to 23, 2011, will mark Canada Road Safety Week, a national campaign to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world.