Between Oct. 7 and 10, Airdrie RCMP’s Integrated Traffic Unit pulled over 183 drivers, 127 of whom were caught speeding.
This year’s Thanksgiving crackdown coincided with Operation Impact, a nationally mandated traffic enforcement plan.
“Overall, area highways were very busy over the long weekend,” said Sheriff Jason Graw. “While most motorists chose to obey the law and drive responsibly, there are always a few that do not — as you can see from the number of violation tickets that our officers handed out. Fortunately, there were no fatal collisions in areas that we patrol over the weekend — for us, that makes for a successful weekend.”
Graw said the fastest speeder was clocked on Oct. 8 at 172 km/h in a 100 km/h zone. A 30-year-old Calgary man in a four-door Lexus was travelling northbound on Highway 9 just south of Irricana.
“He’s going to court,” said Graw. “There’s possibly a $1,000 fine and a two-week suspension of his licence.”
The traffic unit also executed three arrests based on outstanding warrants.
There were seven tickets for failing to stop at a stop sign, five seat belt infractions, 12 moving violations and 15 non-moving violations.
“It’s pretty much on par with other long weekends,” said Graw. “I think we were pretty successful. We don’t measure our success in dollar and cents. It’s about reducing fatal collisions and injury collisions.”
If you have information on any unsolved crime, contact your local RCMP detachment or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
