SASKATOON – There have been 146 fatalities province-wide in 2012.
It’s the most the RCMP has tracked in recent history.
“It’s equal to some of the worst years we’ve ever had yet we have another month left in the calendar year,” said RCMP Sgt. Ron MacRae.
Impaired driving has been the greatest contributor in those fatalities.
“Drinking and driving is the main thing we need to work on, couple that with seat-belt use and intersection infractions, those are the big three, those are the areas that we need to focus,” said MacRae.
During the September and Thanksgiving long weekends, RCMP took aggressive action with enhanced enforcement on provincial highways.
Both blitzes were very successful and resulted in dramatic reductions in highway deaths during those periods.
“Now going into the Christmas season we’re going to go very hard on impaired driving enforcement, you’re going to see high-visible check stops and then night time roaming patrols looking for drunk drivers,” said MacRae.
“I can say that in the area where we’re patrolling here – Northern Saskatchewan – if you’re going to a Christmas party don’t drink and drive because we’re going to be out there.”
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