{"id":63173,"date":"2026-03-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=63173"},"modified":"2026-03-21T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T12:00:00","slug":"halifax-regional-police-release-impaired-driving-statistics-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=63173","title":{"rendered":"Halifax Regional Police release impaired driving statistics for February"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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HALIFAX:<\/strong> Regional Police in Halifax charged 45 drivers with impaired related offences during the month of February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 45 drivers, 28 were charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by alcohol, three were charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by a drug and 14 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 (80-280mg %) with 17 drivers being at least twice the legal limit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Of the 45 drivers, 16 calls were received from people who suspected impaired driving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u2022 Driving unreasonably fast, slow or at an inconsistent speed <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Drifting in and out of lanes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Tailgating and changing lanes frequently <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Making exceptionally wide turns <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Changing lanes or passing without sufficient clearance <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Overshooting or stopping well before stop signs or stop lights <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Disregarding signals and lights <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Approaching signals or leaving intersections too quickly or slowly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Driving without headlights, failing to lower high beams, or leaving turn signals on <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 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: Regional Police in Halifax charged 45 drivers with impaired related offences during the month of February. Of the 45 drivers, 28 were charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by alcohol, three were charged with impaired operation of a conveyance by a drug and 14 drivers were issued driving suspensions for operation of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[185,50,918,5928,51,52,1167,25],"class_list":["post-63173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-dartmouth","tag-halifax","tag-halifax-regional-police","tag-hlaifax","tag-hrp","tag-impaired-driving","tag-police","tag-sackville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63173","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=63173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}