Photo: Halton Police
The numbers are for Project Safe Start!
Between Monday, August 26th and Friday, September 6th, the Halton Regional Police Service (HRPS) Traffic Services Unit focused on education, awareness and high-visibility enforcement of traffic laws throughout the region. They’ve now compiled statistics from this year’s road safety initiative.
Over the course of the campaign, HRPS officers committed 2631 hours to Safe Start education and enforcement with 1,280 charges laid and 1,331 warnings issued.
Failing to stop for a stop sign was the most common offence, accounting for over half of the offences laid during Project Safe Start. Because of that, they’re reminding drivers that when you approach a stop sign:
- Ensure your vehicle wheels stop rolling and you bring your vehicle to a complete stop
- Stop your vehicle at a marked stop line
- If no stop line is present but you are instead faced with a crosswalk, stop immediately before entering the crosswalk
- If no stop line or crosswalk is present, stop immediately before entering the intersection
“Traffic laws are essentially the playbook for safe driving,” says S/SGT Ryan Snow of the Community Mobilization Bureau. “When everyone chooses to play by the rules, we all win. Thank you to all area motorists who helped ensure area children had a safe start this school year.”
Project Safe Start has run for 17 years and has served as a highly visible reminder to vehicle drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to follow the proper traffic safety laws and heed extra caution around school zones as we work together to ensure our collective safety.
Residents are reminded that they can file driving complaints or request enforcement of a particular area through the HRPS website here.
Criminal and or dangerous driving should be reported immediately by calling 9-1-1.
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