safety

Think you can safely drive while using your cell phone to text or talk? Think again! In 2013, 40% of all collisions in Ottawa involved distracted driving. Find out just how dangerous cell phone use and driving can be using the distracted driving simulator this weekend at two local malls. ...

As part of the _ Leave the Phone Alone _ distracted driving enforcement campaign, officers conducted a city wide enforcement blitz this morning, targeting drivers using cell phones. In total, 32 Provincial Offence Notices were issuedfor handheld communication device with 28 Provincial offence notices for other offences. ...

Ice breaking operations on the Rideau River will begin today between Rideau Falls and Hog’s Back. Blasting will follow starting on March 7.  The City, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking operations each year to alleviate possible spring flooding in flood-prone areas. ...

The Gatineau Police Service and Ottawa Police Service’s Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) will focus on vehicle occupant restraints and red light running during the month of February. ** Vehicle Occupant Restraints: ** Between 2009 and 2013, there were 183 collisions the lack of or improper use of vehicle occupant restraints resulting in 18 fatalities and 183 injuries. ...

The public is asked to remain off the Rideau Canal surface, as the ice is still dangerously thin.  Although it may appear that a layer of ice has formed on some parts of the canal’s surface, the ice is still too thin. ...

_ Club’s Police Youth Centre Members and local artist created three-panel artwork to be permanently installed at Clubhouse _ The writing is on the wall for the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa’s Police Youth Centre: thanks to support from the Paint It Up! ...