Twenty-eight distracted driving tickets were handed out in one day by Prince George Traffic Services and the Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement Unit.
Both units set up multiple checkpoints in the northern capital on Wednesday (March 3rd) as part of Distracted Driving Awareness Month in the province.
Cst. Jennifer Cooper told MyPGNow.com too many drivers are still taking a leisurely approach on the subject.
“I think people still feel nonchalant and that it will happen to someone else or they feel they are a good driver and that it doesn’t pertain to them. But it does pertain to everybody and takes just a second to be inattentive to the road to be in a motor vehicle incident.”
You don’t even need your phone in your hand to get slapped with a fine.
“So, this is not just cell phones but distracted driving might be that you are eating a hamburger while you are going along or you are trying to flip through your phone to play a different song or lookup maps that would otherwise take your eyes off the road and make you a hazard.”
Over an eight-hour period, both units issued 53 tickets for several offenses.
Here is the full breakdown:
Prince George Traffic Services:
– 1 Serve driving prohibition
– 2 Excessive speed impoundments (starts at seven day’s impoundment) – 7 x Speeding tickets
– 1 Speed in a school zone ticket
– 1 Fail to wear seatbelt tickets
– 1 Fail to slow down and move over ticket
– 14 Use electronic device tickets
– 2 Illegible plate tickets
– 2 Notice and Order for window tint
Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement:
– 14 Use electronic device tickets
– 2 Fail to slow down and move over tickets
– 1 Disobey traffic control device ticket
– 1 Speeding ticket
– 2 Notice and Order for window tint
– 1 Notice and Order for illegal emissions modifications
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