(HURON COUNTY, ON) - Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers will be teaming up with volunteers from the Huron-Bruce MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) chapter today to help support their Red Ribbon Campaign.
This year marks the 30th anniversary for MADD Canada's iconic red ribbon campaign. This very successful awareness campaign has been raising awareness about the risks and consequences of impaired driving for decades. Even though great strides have been made, impaired driving remains a deadly problem on Canada's roadways.
Police know that the approaching holiday season brings an increase in the number of impaired drivers on Ontario roadways. Huron OPP encourages everyone to have a plan to get home before they get behind the wheel this holiday season. Huron OPP members will be vigilant about stopping vehicles and finding drivers that are impaired by any means.
The MADD Red Ribbon Campaign kickoff will be taking place today at 2:00 p.m. in the Village of Blyth, near the intersection of London Road and Blyth Road. Members of the media will have the opportunity to take photos of the R.I.D.E program and will have the chance to speak with officers and volunteers with the local MADD chapter.
This campaign kickoff then leads into the launch of the 2017 OPP Festive RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) Campaign that will begin on November 20, 2017 and continue through until January 6, 2018.
Huron County OPP officers charged 8 drivers with Impaired/Over 80 offences during the 2016 Festive RIDE Campaign.
LEARN MORE
http://madd.ca/pages/
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired-driving.shtml