New traffic law changes will be in effect in time for the Canada Day long weekend. For impaired drivers: Tougher consequences including longer license suspension, 3 to 60 day seizure of vehicles and other measures. Distracted drivers also face stiff sanctions including seizure for a 2nd and subsequent offense. There are new penalties for speeders and those who don't have proper in-car restrains for their kids.
The "why" behind it all is simple. An effort to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries on highways in the province. Last year, 134 people died and more than 67 hundred were hurt. Time will tell how effective, and how well enforced, these measures will be, but if they do achieve the goal of death and injury reduction, even by one, so much the better.
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