Back to SearchThe Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) and police services across the province are marking the beginning of Canada Road Safety Week (CRSW) today, a 7-day (May 18 to 24) national campaign that focuses on making Canadian roads the safest in the world. This annual awareness campaign is promoted by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and designed to increase public compliance with safe driving measures in order to save lives and reduce injuries on Canada’s roadways.
Police services in Ontario will focus on behaviours that put drivers, passengers, cyclists, pedestrians, and other vulnerable road users at risk: impaired driving, distracted driving, aggressive driving, and not wearing a seatbelt.
“Working with the CACP, OACP, and our policing and community partners, Ontario police services will be communicating that unsafe dangerous driving behaviours is just #NotWorthTheRisk,” said Superintendent Scott Baptist (Toronto Police Service), Co-Chair of the OACP’s Traffic Committee. “Throughout this week, we’ll be inviting Ontarians to commit to good driving habits. Staying safe and getting home to your loved ones during these challenging times has never been so important.”
During CRSW, Ontario police services will join other services from across Canada in engaging drivers and other road users in assessing the risks of the decisions they make on our roadways:
- Is it worth speeding to get to your destination only a few minutes earlier?
- Is it worth driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs because some of the alternatives may be more inconvenient for you?
- Is it worth driving when you are tired or sleepy?
- Is the momentary thrill of road racing really worth taking the deadly risks associated with dangerous and careless driving?
“During the current COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to see far too many fatalities on our roadways. While more people are staying home and driving less to help us overcome the pandemic, police services are still seeing too many preventable serious injuries and deaths on Ontario roadways as a result of careless and dangerous driving, the use of alcohol and drugs, and a lack of seatbelt deaths,” said Chief Superintendent Rohan Thompson (Ontario Provincial Police), Co-Chair of the OACP’s Traffic Committee.
The OACP and Ontario police services are proud to be participating in this year’s Canada Road Safety Week Campaign. While this public safety initiative is part of a national effort to help advance Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2025 to make Canada’s roads the safest in the world, we are confident that our efforts across the province will help make the roads here in Ontario among the safest in Canada.
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