Highway Thanksgiving crackdown nets 2,271 charges
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 | 12:01 PM MT
CBC News
Drivers on Alberta highways got tickets for everything from speeding to seatbelt violations over the Thanksgiving weekend. (CBC)The Alberta Sheriff Highway Patrol was busy over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend making arrests that resulted in 2,271 charges against unsafe drivers across the province.
Between Friday and Monday, sheriffs helped remove 22 suspected impaired drivers from the road and arrested 13 people on outstanding warrants.
They also gave out tickets for:
- 1,163 speeding violations.
- 406 seatbelt infractions.
- 62 child restraint infractions.
- 42 Gaming and Liquor Act violations.
- 44 failing to stop at a stop sign infractions.
One of the arrests was made with the help of an RCMP narcotics-detection dog, which sniffed out 152 grams of marijuana inside a vehicle that was stopped by police at a check stop 13 km south of Fort McMurray. The driver was charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking.
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