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.
Emphasizing impaired driving is one of the major causes of fatalities on the road, Superior East OPP Constable Ashley Nickle reminds "we all have a role to play in keeping roads safe".
Constable Nickle notes penalties for impaired driving include immediate licence suspension, vehicle impoundment, and expensive fines - even worse if convicted - and there is "zero tolerance" for young, novice, or commercial drivers, meaning zero alcohol in their blood while driving.