While Christmas may be over, Ontario Provincial Police are reminding their annual Festive RIDE campaign's continuing until the holiday season ends, in the new year.
Superior East OPP Constable Trevor Tremblay reminds drivers that the law now allows officers to take a breath sample whether or not they suspect a driver of drinking, and such mandatory tests will be more frequent this year.
OPP say 56 people were killed in alcohol or drug-related collisions on OPP-patrolled roads last year, and emphasize that - every day - an average of four Canadians are killed and 175 injured in impairment-related crashes.