OPP Pull out all the stops for MAY 2-4!
FROM/DE: Highway Safety Division
OPP Ready to Use all Available Resources
for UPCOMING May Long Weekend
(Marathon, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will use all its available resources and personnel this Victoria Day weekend to ensure that Ontario’s highways, trails and waterways remain amongst the safest in the world.
“This weekend traditionally kicks off the summer driving season and we expect to see an increase in traffic”, said OPP Chief Superintendent Bill Grodzinski, Commander of the Highway Safety Division. “Safety on the highways, waterways and trails is not only a concern for the OPP but for all citizens of Ontario and our visitors”.
As in previous years, the OPP will be working with the Ministry of Transport enforcement officers to make the roads safer by ensuring that vehicles are safe, loads are secure and towing attachments are legally appropriate.
OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino supports the initiative. “Traffic enforcement is proven to reduce injuries and save lives on Ontario’s highways, trails and waterways”, said Fantino. “It is the OPP’s core business and our efforts are focused on it 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The increase in travel that the May long weekend initiates, gives our officers an excellent opportunity to remind drivers of safe travel habits”.
This week is also the beginning of Safe Boating Awareness Week and the OPP Marine Unit will be out on the waterways to help prevent drowning and other incidents on Ontario waterways this long weekend. Remember to wear a certified flotation device and don’t drink and boat.
Last year, over the Victoria Day weekend, 2 people were killed in 2 separate collisions on OPP patrolled roads and no watercraft or ATV fatalities reported.
