Residents Matter Enforcement Initiative Results: August 16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 20, 2024            2:30 pm

(Ottawa) — Members of the Ottawa Police Service Traffic Escort & Enforcement Unit and frontline patrol officers were out on Friday, August 16^th, as part of the Residents Matter (#ResidentsMatter) late-night traffic enforcement initiative.

Officers were deployed to the Barrhaven and Riverside South areas. In total, 73 provincial offence notices (PONs) were issued during Friday’s enforcement, including 27 for speeding, eight for licence plate visibility issues, six for failing to display two licence plates, five for unnecessary noise, five for failing to stop at a red light and one for a vehicle equipped with a speed measuring warning device.

Seven drivers were also charged with stunt driving/street racing on Friday.

• 137 km/h in an 80 km/h zone – Woodroffe Avenue / Slack Road
• 112 km/h in a 60 km/h zone – Greenbank Road / Highbury Park
• 122 km/h in a 60 km/h zone – Greenbank Road / Foxfield Drive
• 111 km/h in a 60 km/h zone – Greenbank Road / Foxfield Drive
• 121 km/h in a 60 km/h zone – Greenbank Road / Foxfield Drive
• 114 km/h in a 70 km/h zone – Strandherd Drive / Dealership Drive
• 135 km/h in an 80 km/h zone – Limebank Road / Leitrim Road

The vehicle going 111 km/h on Greenbank Road and Foxfield Drive had eight occupants in a five-seater vehicle. Two passengers were in the trunk, and one person was sitting on the lap of the front passenger. Four passengers were not wearing seatbelts. Driving with passengers in the trunk is an additional stunt driving charge.

The driver going 114 km/h at Strandherd Drive / Dealership Drive was also charged with the possession of a Schedule I substance (drugs) under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA).

These stunt drivers had their licences suspended for 30 days, their vehicles seized for 14 days, and have upcoming court dates. When convicted, a stunt driving charge may result in a fine of $2000 - $10000, six demerit points, a possible six months in jail, and a further one-year to three-year licence suspension. 

Additional traffic stops included two drivers driving without insurance, carrying a minimum $5000 fine upon conviction.

Overall, 21 Court Summons were issued, and three Criminal Code charges were laid on Friday.

Do you have any information about a late-night traffic-related problem location? Traffic complaints can be filed online at: ottawapolice.ca/report. It only takes a few minutes, and the data collected assists us in the allocation of enforcement resources.

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