Blow stop signs? Run reds? It's deadly and expensive
Ottawa and Gatineau police traffic officers will be stepping up enforcement at red lights and stop signs this month.
It’s a potentially deadly practice, note members of the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) and costly, too.
Between 2012 and 2016, the 3,759 collisions involving running a red resulted in 1,562 people get hurt and killed four, police report. Meanwhile, the 3,129 collisions caused by failing to stop at a stop sign caused 995 injuries and three deaths.
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