{"id":108383,"date":"2025-12-11T09:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=108383"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:34:12","slug":"opp-continues-festive-ride-campaign-across-eastern-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/justice-faits-divers\/opp-continues-festive-ride-campaign-across-eastern-ontario\/","title":{"rendered":"OPP continues festive RIDE campaign across Eastern Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers across the East Region are continuing their efforts to keep roads and highways safe throughout the holiday season as the annual Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign enters its third week.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since the launch of the initiative on Thursday, November 20, officers from Quinte West to the Quebec border, and northwest through the Ottawa Valley, have carried out more than 500 Festive RIDE checkpoints, stopping hundreds of drivers to screen for impairment by alcohol or drugs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To date, 49 drivers have been arrested and charged with impaired driving. Each of these motorists received an immediate 90-day licence suspension, a seven-day vehicle impoundment, and will face a scheduled court appearance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Officers also issued nine three-day licence suspensions to drivers who registered in the \u201cwarn range\u201d on approved roadside alcohol screening devices.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The OPP reminds the public that the Festive RIDE campaign runs until January 1, 2026, with checkpoints operating day and night, seven days a week throughout the region.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Police urge residents to play a role in keeping roads safe. 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