Blitz to nab the slow, unyielding
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is cracking down on slowpokes on Canada’s busiest highways.
Starting Apr. 2, the OPP’s traffic units began handing out fines of $110 to vehicles traveling below the posted limit of 100 km/h in the left lane of Hwy. 401.
As well, those nabbed will lose two or three points, depending on the severity of the offence.
According to OPP traffic Sgt. Cam Woolley, the crackdown targets “left-lane bandits,” that contribute to the often-chaotic traffic in southern Ontario.
Woolley explains that strategy, which includes handing out tickets for failure to yield the right-of-way to faster moving traffic, is meant to fight the sloppy lane discipline witnessed by Ontario drivers.
Operation Move Over, as it has been dubbed by police, will be enforced on all 400 series highways, and the Queen Elizabeth Way, in the Greater Toronto Area and the Niagara Region until Labor Day. n
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