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HALIFAX:<\/strong> Thirty four drivers were charged with impaired related offences by Halifax Regional Police during the month of September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 34 drivers, 24 were charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by alcohol, one was charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by a drug and nine drivers were issued driving suspensions for operation of a conveyance while having consumed alcohol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the drivers who provided breath samples, officers were able to detect a wide range of blood alcohol concentrations (80-210mg %) with 10 drivers being at least twice the legal limit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 drivers refused to provide a breath sample and were charged with the offence of refusal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of the 34 drivers, 17 calls were received from people who suspected impaired driving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HRP thanked the public for reporting suspected impaired drivers and encourage anyone to call 911 immediately if they suspect someone is driving impaired. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some signs of an impaired driver: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Driving unreasonably fast, slow or at an inconsistent speed <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Drifting in and out of lanes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Tailgating and changing lanes frequently <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Making exceptionally wide turns <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Changing lanes or passing without sufficient clearance <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Overshooting or stopping well before stop signs or stop lights <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Disregarding signals and lights <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Approaching signals or leaving intersections too quickly or slowly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Driving without headlights, failing to lower high beams, or leaving turn signals on <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Driving with windows open in cold or inclement weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you see a potential impaired driver, call 911 immediately and give the call taker your location along with a description of the vehicle, including the licence plate number, colour, make and model, the direction of travel for the vehicle and a description of the driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HALIFAX: Thirty four drivers were charged with impaired related offences by Halifax Regional Police during the month of September. Of the 34 drivers, 24 were charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by alcohol, one was charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by a drug and nine drivers were issued driving suspensions for operation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[50,918,51,52],"class_list":["post-59948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-regional-police","tag-hrp","tag-impaired-driving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59948","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=59948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}