This weekend, will mark “Operation Impact” – a National enforcement campaign designed to aggressively enforce laws against high risk driving behaviour and remind people that an essential part of the enforcement role is to save lives and reduce injuries on our roadways. The four-day campaign is strategically chosen to coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, when more people are traveling and crashes are more frequent
This year, 53 people have lost their lives in traffic collisions on roads under Manitoba RCMP jurisdiction – and most of those deaths were completely preventable. This fact will be fueling RCMP officers across the province, who will be conducting extra patrols this weekend. They will be targeting dangerous driving behaviors that put other road users most at risk, such as: impaired driving, speeding, talking or texting on cell phones while driving, and not using seatbelts.
Operation Impact is sponsored by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and member agencies across Canada in support of Road Safety Strategy 2015 – which has the goal of making Canada’s roads the safest in the world. Last year, there was one traffic-related death in Manitoba on roads under RCMP jurisdiction over the Thanksgiving long weekend – this year, the goal is zero deaths.
The RCMP want to remind the public to buckle up, stay sober, and stay focused on the road while driving.
