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For the fourth year in a row, more than half of the people who died in alcohol and drug-related crashes this year aren’t impaired drivers, but “innocent victims,” the OPP says.
Those blameless road users have amounted to 19 of the 37 dead this year in collisions on provincial police-patrolled roads involving an impaired driver. Police say 2017 marks the fourth consecutive year with a higher number of innocent people killed than impaired drivers who caused the collision.
In total since 2003, 987 people have died on OPP-patrolled roads in what police say are preventable alcohol and drug-related crashes.
It’s a key message as the force launches its annual Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign this week, deputy commissioner Brad Blair said.
“The staggering number of innocent people who die in alcohol or drug-related collisions tells us that minding our own business about impaired drivers is the wrong thing to do,” he said. “When you see an impaired driver on the road, call 911. If you are out with someone who is impaired and about to drive, present them with an alternative. If they proceed to drive, call 911.
“As difficult as it may be to report someone you know to police, living with the decision not to is far worse if that driver goes on to kill someone or themselves in a crash.”
Since last October, the OPP notes, penalties for drug-impaired driving match those for drunk driving. Trained drug recognition evaluators are part of the RIDE program.
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Those blameless road users have amounted to 19 of the 37 dead this year in collisions on provincial police-patrolled roads involving an impaired driver. Police say 2017 marks the fourth consecutive year with a higher number of innocent people killed than impaired drivers who caused the collision.
In total since 2003, 987 people have died on OPP-patrolled roads in what police say are preventable alcohol and drug-related crashes.
It’s a key message as the force launches its annual Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) campaign this week, deputy commissioner Brad Blair said.
“The staggering number of innocent people who die in alcohol or drug-related collisions tells us that minding our own business about impaired drivers is the wrong thing to do,” he said. “When you see an impaired driver on the road, call 911. If you are out with someone who is impaired and about to drive, present them with an alternative. If they proceed to drive, call 911.
“As difficult as it may be to report someone you know to police, living with the decision not to is far worse if that driver goes on to kill someone or themselves in a crash.”
Since last October, the OPP notes, penalties for drug-impaired driving match those for drunk driving. Trained drug recognition evaluators are part of the RIDE program.
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