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Over 1,600 Charges Laid on OPP West Region Patrolled Roads Over Long Weekend

Photo Credit: Ontario Provincial Police - West Region Facebook page

The list includes 938 speeding charges, 52 charges for not wearing a seatbelt, and 47 charges for failing to abide by the Move Over law.

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO - It was a busy Civic Holiday long weekend for the West Region OPP.

Officers laid over 1,600 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and 938 of them were for speeding. 

Fifty-two people were caught not wearing their seatbelts and 47 drivers failed to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. Thirty-nine people were charged with impaired driving and nine drivers were charged with distracted driving.

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