Toronto Police Issued Over 3,000 Tickets For March Break Blitz & Speeding Was The Worst
Over a thousand of them were speeding tickets.
A Toronto police vehicle cruising through the city.
Police had their hands full over March break, issuing a total of 3,808 tickers to Toronto drivers as part of a week of "action and engagement."
According to the Toronto Police Service, the effort was part of the #MarchSafe Traffic Campaign, which took place from March 14 to 20.
The initiative had officers focus on the four biggest behaviours known to cause injuries to all road users, including "speeding, driving aggressively, driving while distracted and driving while impaired."
The majority of the tickets were related to speeding, with the second-highest number of tickets issued for aggressive driving:
- Speeding: 1,770
- Aggressive Driving: 831
- Distracted Driving: 207
- Other HTA: 980
The news release goes on to state that officers also "laid 20 stunt driving-related infractions" and made 36 impaired-related arrests.
"Our hope is that we continue to change driver behaviour through education, engagement and enforcement, ultimately making Toronto's roads safer for everyone," police said.
"Killed and seriously injured (KSI) collisions are preventable and unacceptable. We should all be working towards zero injuries and deaths on our roads," they added.
Speeding and stunt driving is an issue that plagues many Ontario roadways, even those outside of big cities.
Ontario Provincial Police reported in March that officers caught three drivers going 50 km/h over the speed limit on Highway 93 near the Township of Springwater.
The drivers were caught going 100 km/h, 102 km/h and 110 km/h, with each having their licence suspended for 30 days and their vehicles impounded for 14 days.