Buckle up, drive safely, stay off the cell phone!

 Deer dies in passenger seat 
 BRUCE PENINSULA — OPP say collisions between vehicles and wildlife rarely result in injuries to drivers or passengers. Of 69 investigations into car-animal crashes this year, Tuesday’s was only the second resulting in injuries to people. The OPP’s South Bruce detachment, based in Kincardine, investigates between 60 and 85 car-animal collisions each year.
Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011

Hooray for those who sit and watch

WILDLIFE ON THE MOVE
Watch out for wildlife if you are out driving, warns the Ontario Provincial Police.
Sudbury/Espanola OPP officers responded to a total of 18 motor vehicle accidents last week, several of them involving collisions with wild animals on or near the roadway.
Police say that animals such as deer and moose are moving toward their mating and feeding grounds in the fall and there is a higher probability of seeing an animal on a highway.

Good to know they are watching!

Officers also laid 37 charges on the highways the week of Sept. 19- 25, 22 of them for speeding. More than 300 vehicles were also stopped in Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere spot checks and 477 rural properties were checked by officers.

2nd driver dies in Lanark County crash

CBC News 

Posted: Nov 29, 2011 10:31 AM ET 

The driver of a car that collided with a pickup truck about 80 kilometres southwest of Ottawa Sunday has died from his injuries, police said Tuesday. The 5-year-old driver of the car was taken to hospital where he died.

OPP charges up over Labour day 

 Motorists continue to refuse to buckle up, drive aggressively and text while driving.

During the Labour Day weekend, the OPP in the East Region issued 1,124 speeding tickets, up from 1,077 in 2010.
No one was killed in motor vehicle collisions on OPP-patrolled roads, a decrease from one person in 2010.

Nineteen distracted driving charges were laid, a statistic not available from last year.  99 people were charged with seatbelt offences, up from 50 in 2010.