“It’s in line with what we’ve seen the last couple of years for the month of July,” said Tyler McMurchy, a spokesperson for SGI. “It is a little higher, but we also saw in the high 400s the last couple of years as well.”
Out of the nearly 500 drivers stopped, 292 were charged with criminal code offences while the others received roadside suspensions.“We’re seeing more roadside suspensions than we have in a typical month in years past,” said McMurchy. “We have seen the number of roadside suspensions over the last few years increase sharply due to drug-impaired drivers.”
While the number of crashes, injuries and deaths has gone down over the last 10 years, impaired driving is still the leading cause of death on Saskatchewan roads.“We’ve seen very strong improvements over the course of the past decade, basically those numbers being cut nearly in half,” McMurchy explained. “But when you look at the monthly reporting of impaired drivers caught by police and you see nearly 500 caught in a single month, that tells you that the problem has not been solved.
How many were related to Premier Moe?
Isn’t there only like 600 people in the province?