traffic violations, RCMP

RCMP had a great week recently, giving out numerous traffic violations, but an incident involving the police also occurred during the same week. Many of the traffic violations were issued for exceeding the speed limit. While RCMP was engaged in a routine traffic stop the RCMP vehicle was struck and sustained around $4,000 in damage. This incident was very clearly the fault of the motorist who struck the stopped police vehicle. The accident occurred on Highway 881, and the RCMP Municipal Traffic Service vehicle was parked on the side of the highway while the officer was issuing a citation for speeding to a motorist. The emergency lights on the vehicle were activated and it was parked and stationary when hit by another vehicle.

RCMP flagged a Jeep Liberty on Highway 881 for speeding at the same time that the traffic stop was initiated, and a second RCMP vehicle was pulling over the Jeep Liberty when the driver lost control, colliding with the parked RCMP vehicle on the side of the road. The driver of the Jeep attempted to put his seat belt on before pulling over, and this distraction caused him to lose control. Luckily no one was hurt during the accident, and the police service dog who was in the parked police vehicle was uninjured as well. Other traffic violations observed and cited by RCMP during the week include street racing, and one driver was pulled over and caught with more than 3 grams of methamphetamine in their vehicle on Thursday.