Police issue road safety warning as long weekend looms
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This article was published 17/05/2022 (1401 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Manitoba deaths caused by traffic collisions thus far in 2022 are the highest they’ve been in five years, prompting police to issue a public plea for safe driving ahead of the long weekend.
There have been six deaths caused by car accidents since Jan. 1 — more than the same five-month period for the last five years, Winnipeg Police Service traffic unit Insp. Doug Roxburgh told reporters Tuesday at the scene of a head-on crash that killed four in August 2021.
“A lot of our factors have to do with the post-COVID people getting out into the community, driving, the volume of traffic is a factor. I think a factor that also comes to play is the choice people are making in terms of driving impaired… so we’re concerned about that,” he said.
Police said they chose to relay the message off the southern Perimeter Highway, where Robert Hartfelder, wife Angelika Petrich and Petrich’s mother were killed after being hit head-on by a woman driving the wrong way (who also died at the scene) to hammer home how serious the issue of driving safely is.
Police plan to ramp up the stop and test program for impaired driving during the May long weekend, and have increased overall roadside mandatory alcohol screenings, RCMP traffic services Insp. Joe Telus said.
“While some people may think this is too much, it means that we’re more likely to find impaired drivers and get them off the roadway,” he said.