Distracted Driving Ontario

• OPP conducting Long Weekend Distracted Driving campaign ahead of school start

  OPP is launching the campaign from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 to highlight the importance of paying full attention to driving.

  News

  Aug 29, 2019
  
• Duck-lip selfies to eating steak: Halton officer recounts weirdest distracted driving incidents

  Const. Marc Taraso, an 11-year officer with Halton Regional Police and a dedicated traffic officer in Oakville since January, takes residents on patrol with him through posts on his Twitter account on a regular basis.

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  May 20, 2019
  
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• Driver allegedly watching a movie stopped during Leeds OPP distracted driving campaign

  OPP say they stopped the driver when they saw the MGM lion on a screen in the driver's windshield.

  Crime

  Mar 19, 2019
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• School bus driver allegedly used handheld device while transporting children: OPP

  Police say the driver was caught on video.

  Crime

  Feb 8, 2019
• Licence suspensions, increased fines: New penalties in 2019 if convicted of distracted driving

  “For the past four years on OPP-patrolled roads, inattentive driving [while using] electronic devices has been the leading cause of the majority of fatalities in Ontario.”

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  Jun 14, 2018