Source: CBC News, March 18, 2019 Drivers who participate would willingly submit breathalyzer and oral fluid samples SGI is looking for a company to conduct a study that will help the insurance agency better understand impaired driving on Saskatchewan roads. The Crown corporation currently relies on data collected from police, the coroner’s office and the semi annual traffic… Continue reading SGI looks to collect data about impaired driving through study
Tag: Drinking and Driving
Mandatory impaired driving laws to hit the roads before holidays
Source: Meaghan Craig, Global News, December 11, 2018 Given the recent focus on drug-impaired driving with the legalization of recreational cannabis, new impaired driving laws, related to alcohol, have possibly fallen off the radar. Starting on Dec. 18, stricter drunk driving laws will come into effect. Under the new changes, law enforcement across the country will be… Continue reading Mandatory impaired driving laws to hit the roads before holidays
Saskatoon memorial for drunk driving victims to be unveiled next spring
Source: Bryan Eneas, CBC News, November 19, 2018 Memorial to look a little different than memorials erected in other provinces A memorial dedicated to the victims of drunk driving is in its final stages, according to a major proponent in bringing it about. Allan Kerpan, who’s daughter Danille was killed by a drunk driver in 2014,… Continue reading Saskatoon memorial for drunk driving victims to be unveiled next spring
SGI launches ‘hard-hitting and heartbreaking’ campaign against impaired driving
Source: CBC News, September 24, 2018 Campaign includes real-life stories and testimonials of Sask. people affected by impaired driving Craig Stevenson says he will always remember the moment he found out his 17-year-old son was killed by an impaired driver. “You really can’t put words to what you feel,” he told CBC Radio’s Saskatoon Morning. Now Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI)… Continue reading SGI launches ‘hard-hitting and heartbreaking’ campaign against impaired driving
Positive Movements Against Impaired Driving
The month of August brings in more projects to address impaired driving in the province of Saskatchewan. Five pilot projects will be rolling out throughout the month—each designed through collaboration between several government ministries, agencies, law enforcement and Crown corporations. According to the recent media release, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, the Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan, says… Continue reading Positive Movements Against Impaired Driving
August Impaired Driving Awareness Month
With the month of August comes the Impaired Driving Awareness campaign. Many of us have heard of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) or SADD (Students Against Drinking and Driving), but how many of us know what counts as driving impaired? According to SGI, drivers aged 16-21 with a Blood Alcohol Count (BAC) even as low… Continue reading August Impaired Driving Awareness Month
Saskatchewan announces pilot program where bar patrons will create tab for taxis
Source: Stephanie Taylor, CBC News, July 30, 2018 Province says it will partly match the tab The Saskatchewan government is introducing a program where bar patrons will be able to set aside money for a safe ride when they order a drink, in the hopes they call a cab instead of driving impaired. Called “Drive Dollars”,… Continue reading Saskatchewan announces pilot program where bar patrons will create tab for taxis
Kindersley RCMP: Impaired Driving Charge on Christmas Eve
Source: Kindersley RCMP File, December 28, 2017 Impaired Driving Charge on Christmas Eve At approximately 10:15 a.m. on December 24th, 2017 Kindersley RCMP officers were called to a possible impaired driver travelling within the Town of Kindersley. The driver had collided with a parked vehicle and backed into a tree at a residence on 4th Ave West.… Continue reading Kindersley RCMP: Impaired Driving Charge on Christmas Eve
Impaired drivers with children in car could face harsher consequences in Sask.
Source: CBC News, November 2, 2017 Length of a 1st offence suspension would be 7 days, up from 3 Saskatchewan drivers with a blood alcohol concentration over 0.04 with children in their vehicle could face harsher penalties. An amendment to the Traffic Safety Act was introduced Thursday for its first reading, outlining what measures people transporting children under 16… Continue reading Impaired drivers with children in car could face harsher consequences in Sask.
‘Complacent’ Sask. needs stricter impaired driving penalties
Source: Jennifer Quesnel, CBC News, October 31, 2017 Enact tougher laws before marijuana is legalized next year, advocates say Thirty years ago, alcohol led to the deaths of 123 people on Saskatchewan roads. Airbags, increased seat belt use, and stricter drunk driving laws cut that number to 57 last year. Read full article here…. Image Source: Police… Continue reading ‘Complacent’ Sask. needs stricter impaired driving penalties