Russell OPP stop driver they can't see, city police spot nearly a dozen impaired drivers - Ottawa Citizen

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A driver got a slew of tickets Monday after an officer from the Russell detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police couldn’t even see them behind the wheel of their vehicle for all the items piled inside.

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There were numerous Highway Traffic Act offences found in the stop near Embrun, OPP East Region said.

They included no clear view to the front, no clear view to the right, driving while crowded — and more.

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Meanwhile, over the weekend, Ottawa police officers charged a total of 11 people with impaired driving-related offences, four of them G1 or G2 drivers.

Eight people were charged the weekend before, including a driver who’d been banned from driving after an impaired driving conviction in January.

“Make planning a safe and sober way home part of you routine every time you drink or consume cannabis,” the Ottawa Police Service’s traffic unit tweeted.

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