Nine drivers will be heading to the Woodstock Courthouse, after they encountered the Oxford OPP over the holidays.
Drunk driving appears to be on a downhill slide in Ontario.
OPP charged 587 drivers in their Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) Campaign this year, and issued 366 Warn Range Suspensions. This is compared to the 623 charges and 407 warnings reported last year.
Constable Stacey Culbert talks about some of the local stats from 2017.
"We conducted over 58 RIDE programs; there were nine charges out of that. Those charges would have been anything relating to impaired, maybe care or control or over 80."
Only two warnings were issued locally.
The annual campaign kicked off on November 24th 2017 and wrapped up on January 2nd 2018, but Culbert says they are always on the lookout for impaired drivers.
"The OPP officers are out there enforcing those driving laws around the clock, 365 days a year. We just want to remind the public to call 911 if you suspect that someone is driving impaired and that could be either by drugs of alcohol. By doing so you could be saving people's lives."

Federal Liberals Table Budget
TDMH Celebrates a Year of the RAFT
News Poll: Poppy Campaign Underway
SWPH Confirms Case of Influenza A
Public Input Needed for Woodstock Transit
Oxford OPP Briefs - Nov. 3rd, 2025
Interview with the Mayor - November 3rd, 2025
PJHL Recap - Oct 31st to Nov 2nd
Nominations Open for Runway of Stars
Ultimate Burger Battle Begins!
Dodgers Beat Blue Jays in World Series
Impaired Driver Caught in Tillsonburg
Norfolk OPP Investigating Break-and-Enter
PJHL Preview - Oct. 31st to Nov. 2nd
BBBS Volunteers Honoured in London
Poppy Campaign Begins Today
Daylight Saving Time Ends on Sunday
Local Police Offer Halloween Safety Tips
UPDATE: Missing Teen Located
Men's Health Talk Coming to Woodstock
Comments
Add a comment