{"id":18214,"date":"2020-11-23T10:18:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=18214"},"modified":"2020-11-23T10:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T14:18:00","slug":"successful-season-wraps-up-for-rcmps-motorcycle-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=18214","title":{"rendered":"Successful season wraps up for RCMP’s Motorcycle Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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HALIFAX:<\/strong> More than 750 summary offence tickets were issued by members of N.S. RCMP’s Motorcycle program in a six month span between Yarmouth to Cape Breton, the force says in a release on Nov. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nova Scotia RCMP Motorcycle Program, which ran May 30\u00a0to October 30,\u00a0has wrapped up for the season.\u00a0The goal of the program was\u00a0to reduce two of the leading causes of serious injuries and fatalities\u00a0on Nova Scotia roads by targeting cell phone and seatbelt violations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, Nova Scotia RCMP Traffic Services introduced six new and customized Harley\u00a0Davidson Road King motorcycles as an additional tool to help protect road users and demonstrated some of their\u00a0features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSince 2015, there\u00a0have been\u00a075 fatal collisions and 109 serious injury collisions due to motorists not wearing a seatbelt or wearing one incorrectly,\u201d says Cpl. Michael Carter with Nova Scotia RCMP Traffic Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWearing a seatbelt can dramatically increase your chances preventing serious injuries or death in a collision.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 2020 motorcycle season, RCMP officers conducted patrols throughout the province and could be seen anywhere from Yarmouth to Cape Breton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following summary offence tickets were issued as a result:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         583 for failing to wear a seatbelt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b7         196 for using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The program also resulted in two people being charged for impaired driving.

\u201cInitiatives such as these significantly contribute to keeping motorists safe,\u201d says Cpl. Carter. \u201cTraffic Services members will continue\u00a0to reinforce the importance of driving safe remind motorists that speeding, distracted driving, not wearing a seatbelt and impaired driving are the four causal factors of serious injury and fatal collisions in Nova Scotia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[adrotate banner=”93″] [adrotate banner=”95″] HALIFAX: More than 750 summary offence tickets were issued by members of N.S. RCMP’s Motorcycle program in a six month span between Yarmouth to Cape Breton, the force says in a release on Nov. 23. The Nova Scotia RCMP Motorcycle Program, which ran May 30\u00a0to October 30,\u00a0has wrapped up for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-18214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}