Impaired Drivers Put Your Safety at Risk

Article posted by Canada Sentinel 

Vancouver – Impaired drivers continue to put the safety of others at risk as VPD remove 16 impaired drivers from Vancouver’s streets over the weekend.

Between Friday and Saturday night, the VPD deployed 24 officers to six locations throughout Vancouver as part of the 2014 Winter CounterAttack campaign. Police conducted 237 Alcohol Screening Device (ASD) tests. Forty-five drivers received suspensions under the provincial Motor Vehicle Act for making a decision to operate a motor vehicle while consuming drugs or alcohol:

12-hour prohibitions (New drivers)	6
24-hour driving prohibitions for alcohol	5
24-hour driving prohibitions for drugs	4
Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRP) – warn	13
Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRP) – fail	16
Immediate Roadside Prohibitions (IRP) – refuse to provide sample	2

           

Police will be out in force throughout the holiday season, to help you get to and from your events safely.