OPP hits the roads for annual R.I.D.E. checks

If it seems to you that the holiday season is starting earlier every year, you won’t be surprised to know Ontario Provincial Police have kicked off their annual R.I.D.E. road safety program.
From now until Jan. 2, OPP field sobriety officers and drug recognition officers will be roadside on OPP-patrolled roadways, looking for signs of excessive partying.
Alcohol and/or drugs have been factors in the deaths of 39 people on roads under OPP jurisdiction so far in 2018.
By mid-October, OPP lai