130 drivers nabbed during Project Erase Friday

Posted Sep 12, 2011 03:19:23 PM.

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130 Ottawa drivers are facing a total of 134 different charges after a one night traffic blitz this past Friday.

The blitz was part of project E.R.A.S.E. (Eliminate Racing Activities on Streets Everywhere). The joint project is between Ottawa Police, Ontario Provincial Police and the Ministry of the Environment.

Charges include speeding and disobeying traffic signs, and two vehicles were seized.

One seized for going 50km over the speed limit and another for a motorcycle driving on one wheel.

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