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According to a new report from CTV News, the Ontario Provincial Police charged more than 11,000 drivers during the Victoria Day long weekend. The report notes that more than 10,600 of these were speeding charges, with less than 200 of which were for driving 50 km/h over the speed limit. The OPP said that these...

Ontario Provincial Police are in full force patrolling roads in transport trucks this week, in an effort to crack down on commercial truck drivers. The OPP launched a five-day road safety blitz on Monday, which marks the first time they have used transport trucks to patrol other drivers. Being in transport trucks give them a...

The OPP has released some statistics that shows further evidence that distracted driving, caused by people who talk or text using their mobile devices, is causing more collisions than impaired driving and speeding. Since the beginning of 2017, the OPP said there have been 6,360 collisions due to distracted driving. This is compared to 4,700...

According to a new report from CBC News, the OPP said that distracted driving was the number one cause of deaths on Ontario roadways in 2016. In 2016, 65 people were killed in crashes where a distracted driver was involved. This number is more than collisions caused by drinking and driving, speeding, or collisions where […]

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have kicked off their annual Distracted Driving campaign this week (March 14-20), to note driver distraction remains the number one factor in road deaths, with 2015 marking the third straight year as the leading cause. Last year, 69 people died in road crashes where driver distraction was a factor, followed by...

The Ontario Provincial Police continue to urge drivers to put down their cellphones and stop texting and driving. Their latest powerful video titled “Sounds of Texting” shares how distracted driving can result in dire consequences. Check it out below: https://youtu.be/wukfLIODzzE

Distracted driving which can involve texting and driving or checking your smartphone has surpassed both impaired and speed related fatalities in 2013, according to Ontario Provincial Police. Last year, 78 persons died in distracted driving related accidents versus 57 impaired driving deaths and 44 speed related: “When you consider the overall impact of these 78...