As part of the Greater Sudbury Police Service’s ongoing commitment to community safety and well-being, officers from Patrol Operations and the Traffic Management Unit (TMU) patrolled this past week looking for distracted drivers and monitoring the speed of motor vehicles.
While looking for distracted drivers, officers from the TMU stopped two separate motorists for stunt driving.
On Thursday April 14th an officer stopped a motorcyclist for lifting the front wheel from the road while accelerating from an intersection on the Kingsway. The 25 year old male driver was charged with stunt driving.
On Monday April 18th an officer stopped a pickup truck on Municipal Road 35 for driving at a speed of 152 km/h in a posted 80 km/h zone. The 67 year old male driver was charged with stunt driving, failing to use a signal when changing lanes, following too closely and having a cracked and obstructed windshield.
In these investigations, the drivers had their licences suspended and their vehicles impounded for one week. If convicted of Stunt Driving they could face fines and six of demerit points.
Exceeding the posted speed limit on any roadway can be dangerous and presents unnecessary risks.
Since April 4th 2016 officers from the Greater Sudbury Police Service have issued 47 charges to motorists for driving a motor vehicle while using a hand-held communications device.
The primary task of each driver is to operate your motor vehicle in the safest manner possible, which means following the posted speed limits, abiding to the rules of the road and driving with due care and attention. Driving a motor vehicle while operating or using a hand held electronic devise is extremely dangerous as the driver’s attention is taken away from their surroundings.
Operating vehicles on a roadway is a privilege not a right; drivers must understand the consequences when they selfishly put other road users at risk by using their phones when driving.
Road and “Community Safety and Well-Being” is our shared commitment and it starts with the actions and behaviours or every motorist that share our roadways.