Over the 2021 Thanksgiving long weekend, police forces across Canada took part in #OperationImpact2021, an initiative organized by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police to encourage safe driving behaviours.
Over the course of the weekend, Alberta RCMP issued 2,270 tickets in support of the campaign and for traffic safety enforcement.
Between October 8 – 11, there were four fatalities as a result of motor vehicle collisions in the province. Another 17 motor vehicle collisions resulted in injuries.
Members of the Alberta RCMP patrolled provincial roads and highways, issuing tickets for traffic safety offences including 1,151 speeding charges, 18 excessive speeding charges (more than 50 km/h over the posted limit), 53 driving without a seat-belt charges, and 46 distracted driving charges. Additionally, 38 impaired drivers were removed from the roadways.
67 calls were also received from the public notifying the police of dangerous or suspected impaired drivers, with 21 reports resulting in officers locating the vehicles and confirming that the drivers were in fact impaired, and then removing them from the road.
-Erika Rolling, Trending 55 Newsroom
