ESTEVAN - A multi-agency Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) blitz, conducted in Estevan on June 20 and 21, resulted in 85 summary offence tickets being issued.
There were 21 charges for vehicle equipment regulation offences. Sixteen were for using an electronic communications device while driving. Fifteen charges were for failing to stop at a stop sign or traffic light, and 10 were for exceeding the posted speed limit.
Five tickets were for failing to wear a seat belt. Sixteen other charges were laid under the Traffic Safety Act.
Also, the blitz resulted in one charge for possession of unmarked tobacco, and one drivers licence suspension and vehicle seizure occurred due to drug impairment.
Four mandatory breath samples were provided on approved screening devices, but those motorists were found not to be impaired.
Eighty-nine inspection tickets or warnings were issued under the Vehicle Equipment Regulations Act.
Thirteen child car seats were inspected and four new seats were given away to motorists in need of a replacement.
Seventeen commercial vehicles were inspected, with four passing inspection, six requiring attention and seven being taken out of service.
The Estevan Police Service thanks all participating agencies and Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) for assisting the EPS to keep traffic safety a priority on streets and highways.
