OPP warn drivers to slow down
Posted Jun 24, 2014 04:16:45 PM.
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A drastic increase in the number of fatal car crashes with speed as a factor in Ontario this year concerns provincial police.
OPP issued a warning to drivers to slow down, as figures show the number of speed related fatal crashes this year is double what it was through the first half of 2013.
So far this year 113 people have been killed on highways patrolled by OPP, with speed playing a role in 33 of those deaths.
Sgt. Kristine Rae told 1310News drivers must slow down.
“If you are travelling at speeds in that kind of excess, then ‘Why?’,” said Rae’ “You really have to question yourself if you think you are that immortal.”
Distracted driving has killed 24 people on provincial highways in 2014, and 12 have been killed by impaired driving.
