SUPERIOR EAST, ON – Members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be focusing on Distracted Driving this Labour Day Long Weekend from Friday August 30 to Monday September 2, 2019. The OPP will be educating road users in an effort to change driving [Read more]
Be Alert and Follow the Rules of the Road this Halloween As another spooktacular Halloween approaches, Ontario is reminding drivers and pedestrians to be aware and stay safe while trick-or-treating. Excited ghosts, goblins and ghouls are roaming the streets after dark on Halloween and may forget [Read more]
Government Passed Nine of Its Bills During Current Session The current sitting of the Ontario legislature wrapped up today, with the government making significant progress on implementing its four-part plan for Ontario. Since the session began in July, the government passed nine bills to improve [Read more]
Improving Road Safety Ontario is introducing legislation that, if passed, would help keep the province’s roads among the safest in North America by reducing collisions, injuries and fatalities. If passed, the proposed legislation and supporting amendments to the Highway Traffic Act will make [Read more]
From: OPP Highway Safety Division OPP ASKING MOTORISTS TO HELP KEEP POLICE AND OTHER ROADSIDE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL SAFE OVER LONG WEEKEND ORILLIA, ON – After ten years of education efforts, which includes more than 11,000 charges on record since the law came into effect, the Ontario Provincial [Read more]
From: OPP Highway Safety Division ORILLIA, ON – The Ontario Provincial Police’s (OPP) preliminary report indicates that two people died on OPP-patrolled roads over the Victoria Day Long Weekend. One man died in eastern Ontario when the farm tractor he was driving failed to [Read more]
FROM: Ontario Provincial Police AMBER ALERT PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT ORILLIA, ON – When an AMBER Alert is issued, timing [Read more]
Ontario is introducing legislation today to help reduce collisions, injuries and fatalities on the province’s roads and highways and keep them among the safest in North America. If passed, the proposed Keeping Ontario’s Roads Safe Act and supporting amendments to the Highway Traffic Act [Read more]
ORILLIA, ON – This Civic Holiday Long Weekend Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers will be highly visible throughout the province, ensuring that road users and outdoor enthusiasts make it through a safe holiday weekend. With more great weather in the forecast, the OPP will be ready for the [Read more]
KEEP YOUR THUMBS ON THE WHEEL Canada Road Safety Week runs from 14 – 21May 2012. During this time the OPP remind drivers to keep their minds at the task at hand. Aggressive Driving, non compliance of seatbelts, impaired driving and distracted driving are driver actions that will be targeted [Read more]
MARATHON, ON – Saturday March 24, 2012, at 8:45 pm, a Manitouwadge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting radar enforcement on Highway 17 east of Marathon, ON. The officer observed a motor vehicle travelling westbound at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was travelling [Read more]
DRIVER CHARGED WITH STUNT DRIVING AND VEHICLE IMPOUNDED FOR 7 DAYS MARATHON ON – Friday March 2, 2012, at 6:30 pm, a Marathon Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was conducting radar enforcement on Highway 17 near the Black River bridge approximately 15 kms east of Marathon, Ontario. The [Read more]
