by XPolice | Jan 17, 2020 | News, Simcoe County
Although there is a significant fine handed out to anyone charged with distracted driving, the ticket cost is actually only a small portion of the repercussions that come from receiving the charge. “Your first offence now comes with a three-day driver’s licence...
by XPolice | Jan 14, 2020 | News, Ottawa & Area
A school bus driver in Carleton Place received an expensive lesson on the rules of the road. Ontario Provincial Police say the driver was spotted texting behind the wheel while on the roads on Monday. The driver was pulled over by an officer, and charged with...
by XPolice | Dec 4, 2019 | Halton Region, News
Driver could lose his licence for a month A 33-year-old man is facing littering and distracted driving charges as well as a 30-day driver’s licence suspension after an incident with a Halton Regional Police officer at an Oakville intersection. The incident...
by XPolice | Dec 3, 2019 | Burlington & Area, News
A 57-year-old man is facing his 10th charge of distracted driving after being pulled over for driving with a cellphone to his ear Monday morning. The man was stopped on the Fort Erie-bound QEW outside Hamilton shortly before 10 a.m. Const. Kevin Westhead, who made the...
by XPolice | Nov 23, 2019 | News
On National Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims (Wednesday), a retired Ontario Provincial Police officer Mark Andrews says he’s witnessed too many avoidable fatal car crashes due to distracted driving. “I’ve spent way too many hours standing in the middle...
