Traffic Safety

For six weeks, the DRPS Festive R.I.D.E. team aimed to Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere. Impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death in Canada and the holiday season remains a time of high risk for impaired driving.

DRPS Traffic Services continues to follow the Durham Vision Zero Strategy, a region-wide road safety strategy to create safer roads for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. This strategy is led by DRPS and the Regional Municipality of Durham. Public education is an important part of this strategy – several social media awareness campaigns were executed to raise public awareness about: community safety zones, speeding, distracted driving, impaired driving, as well as information about motorcycle, boat and snowmobile safety.