Results from the October Traffic Safety Spotlight on impaired driving are in. There were 497 impaired driving offences reported in October.  SGI says due to more effective enforcement, the number of administrative suspensions has risen sharply this year. There has been a notable increase in the number of people caught driving with drugs in their system, coinciding with increased police access to roadside oral fluid testing devices that can determine whether a driver has consumed cannabis and other drugs.

Other results from October include 763 tickets for distracted driving including 640 for drivers using cellphones; 4,338 tickets for other speeding or aggressive driving offences; and 281 tickets for seatbelt and car seat offences.

Saskatchewan has a zero tolerance for drug-impaired driving, which means drivers should not get behind the wheel with any level of impairing drugs in their system that is detectable by a federally approved screening device. More information about how drug-impaired driving is enforced can be found here.