6 days ago
Ottawa police issue 24 tickets during one-night enforcement blitz
Ottawa police hit the brakes on several drivers during a blitz of car meets in the city's west end last weekend.
The Ottawa Police Service said as part of the ongoing Residents Matter traffic enforcement initiative, officers targeted car meets and conducted a RIDE checkpoint near the ByWard Market last Friday night.
Police say 'multiple tickets' were issued to drivers participating in car meets in the area of Merivale Road and Meadowlands Drive and on Strandherd Drive.
'Following the car meets, officers set up a RIDE program in the Sussex Drive and King Edward Avenue area. A total of 250 vehicles were screened as they exited the ByWard Market,' police said.
Twenty-four tickets were issued during the enforcement initiative, including two tickets for speeding, two for improper muffler, two tickets for the licence plate not being plainly visible and one ticket for using a cellphone while driving.
A G1 driver driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver was also ticketed.
'Several Part III Court Summons were also issued, including one to a G1 driver operating a vehicle unaccompanied, without insurance, and while under licence suspension. Another driver was charged for driving with a suspended licence,' police said.
