Results from the first day of the North Bay Police Service’s Back to School Traffic Enforcement Campaign are in, seven speeding tickets were issued and additional four 72-hour notices were given to drivers for fail to show documentation.
Two speeding tickets were issued in the Community Safety Zone on Algonquin Avenue between High Street and Jane/Front Street. The highest registered speed was 61 km per hour. Three speeding tickets were issued in the zone on O’Brien Street between Devonshire and High Street. The highest registered speed was 67 km per hour, which resulted in the highest speeding ticket of the day at $257.50. Two speeding tickets were issued to drivers travelling on Trout Lake Road where the speed limit is 60 km per hour. They were both travelling over 80, with the highest registering at 86 km per hour.
Four drivers were issued 72-hour notices for failing to show documentation. Those drivers have 72 hours to come to North Bay Police Service headquarters to show proof of insurance or vehicle permit.
The police did not observe any drivers who failed to stop for a school bus or who failed to wait for pedestrians and school crossing guards to completely cross the road at school crossings. However, four complaints were received from bus drivers who observed drivers who failed to stop for them. One driver reported on Airport Road, one on Elmwood Avenue, and two drivers on McIntyre Street. Police want drivers to know they can be charged for failing to stop for a school bus, even if they weren’t driving the vehicle at the time of the infraction.
The traffic campaign is continuing every weekday until Friday September 16th from 7:00am to 9:00am and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm when traffic is at its peak.
