{"id":23886,"date":"2021-10-01T00:10:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=23886"},"modified":"2021-10-01T00:10:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T03:10:35","slug":"east-hants-rcmp-respond-to-large-number-of-aggressive-driving-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=23886","title":{"rendered":"East Hants RCMP respond to large number of aggressive driving incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> Half of the 108 calls for service East Hants RCMP responded to this past week (Sept 21-28) were related to traffic or motor vehicle incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>East Hants RCMP S\/Sgt. Cory Bushell said that 15 of the 54 calls were traffic collisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn two of the collisions, drivers were charged for failing to yield,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said a review of the calls for service show a large number were the result of aggressive driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a result, officers with East Hants RCMP will be tasked with a higher degree of pro-active patrol and enforcement along our roadways,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>S\/Sgt. Bushell had a message for all East Hants drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMotorists are encouraged to take care when operating their vehicles,\u201d said S\/Sgt. Bushell. \u201cLeave in plenty of time to avoid a rush, be curious to other drivers, obey the rules of the road, and encourage others to do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;145&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] ELMSDALE: Half of the 108 calls for service East Hants RCMP responded to this past week (Sept 21-28) were related to traffic or motor vehicle incidents. East Hants RCMP S\/Sgt. Cory Bushell said that 15 of the 54 calls were traffic collisions. \u201cIn two of the collisions, drivers were charged for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[1581,986,2626],"class_list":["post-23886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-east-hants-rcmp","tag-elmsdale","tag-traffic-infractions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886","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=23886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23886\/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=23886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}