ESTEVAN - The Estevan Police Service hosted a one-day Selective Traffic Enforcement Project (STEP) blitz on June 26.
EPS members had assistance from municipal police in Weyburn, Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, plus the CPKC Rail Police Service, Saskatchewan Highway Patrol, RCMP Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) and SGI Traffic Safety Community Outreach.
According to a press release from the EPS, the focus of the project was to improve traffic safety, address observed traffic offences and identify vehicle deficiencies under the Saskatchewan Vehicle Equipment Regulations Act. Highlights from the project include the following:
*A total of 171 vehicles were directed into project locations;
*Twenty-eight tickets were issued under the Traffic Safety Act, with offences including:
- Use of cellular communication devices while driving;
- Intersection-related offences (ie. failing to stop at a red light or at a stop sign);
- Failure to wear seat belt; and
- Failure to comply with vehicle equipment regulations, such as window tint and inadequate mudflaps.
*Seventy-nine written warnings were issued for various vehicle equipment regulation offences, such as excessively cracked windshields or inoperable lights;
*Fifteen vehicle inspection notices were issued under the Vehicle Equipment Regulations Act;
*Sixty-six mandatory alcohol screening demands were made. All motorists passed;
*A pair of 72-hour driver’s licence suspensions and a 21-day driver’s licence suspension were issued in relation to cannabis consumption.
*Three vehicle impoundments related to cannabis consumption.
*Three car seats were provided to motorists that had children seated in expired seats.
The EPS thanks all participating agencies for continuing to make traffic safety a priority within the community.
