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Speeders in Saskatchewan overrepresented, again, SGI says, after releasing August commercial vehicle safety results


September 24, 2015   by Canadian Underwriter


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Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), the province’s self-sustaining auto insurance fund, announced on Thursday that provincial police issued 6,371 tickets last month, the majority of which were related to speeding.

Of the 6,371 tickets issued, 5,232 were for speeding

In August, commercial vehicle safety was the traffic focus and speeders were overrepresented, again, SGI said in a press release. Of the 6,371 tickets issued, 5,232 were for speeding and 105 were related to commercial vehicle safety, including tickets for exceeding weight and/or height, operating a vehicle with unsecured loads and failing to maintain daily log books.

Last month, SGI reported that police recorded 3,556 “manually enforced speed-related offences in and out of work zones for the month of July,” including 142 for exceeding the posted speed limit by 35 kilometres per hour. Law enforcement also issued 100 impaired driving-related offences, 130 tickets for distracted driving (102 of those for cellphone use) and 293 tickets for not using a seatbelt, car seat or booster seat.

For the most recent results, police around Saskatchewan reported the following traffic offences in August:

• 475 tickets for no or inappropriate seatbelt or child car seat;

• 260 tickets for failing to stop at a red light or stop sign;

• 243 impaired driving-related charges; and

• 56 tickets for driving while using a cellphone.

“When you add speed to the equation of already risky driving behaviour like running stop signs, driving impaired or while using a cellphone, or not wearing a seatbelt, the consequences can be even more catastrophic – as speed increases on the road, damages could increase off the road,” SGI said in the release. “You will crash harder, roll faster and further, and receive more injuries.”


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