SGI is reporting the results of law enforcement’s July traffic safety blitz focusing on work zones and aggressive driving.
During that month law enforcement issued 113 tickets in work zones, and 5,338 other speeding/aggressive driving-related tickets throughout Saskatchewan.
The idea behind the blitz was to draw attention to the increased risks to workers in work zones due to speeding and other aggressive driving. Drivers are reminded to slow down, increase following distance and decrease distractions.
Of the work zone tickets, 101 were for exceeding 60 km/h while passing highway workers or occupied highway equipment within a work zone. Six were for speeding in construction zones where a flag person was present and two were for exceeding 60 km/h when passing occupied highway equipment. One ticket was for exceeding 60 km/h while passing highway equipment with warning lights in operation and three tickets were for failing to obey the direction of a flag person or peace officer.
Of tickets related to speeding/aggressive driving, 414 tickets were for exceeding posted speed limit by 35 km/h, 60 tickets for exceeding posted speed limit by 50 km/h, six tickets for driving at least twice the posted speed limit, 261 for exceeding 60 km/h when passing emergency vehicles and tow trucks with lights activated and 4,597 for other speed-related offences.
SGI also reported 338 impaired driving-related offences, 318 distracted driving tickets with 185 of those for cellphone use and 447 tickets for not using a seatbelt or the appropriate car or booster seat.
SGI says they and law enforcement will continue to focus on sharing the road with commercial drivers for the month of August.
