Turkeys on tables - and on the road

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Over the three-day Operation Impact blitz that ended yesterday at 10 p.m. police handed out more than 5,000 tickets for infractions ranging from speeding to impaired driving. Although the numbers were down from the 8,000 charges laid during the 2003 Thanksgiving blitz, Woolley said the number of alcohol-related charges was up

 

When the officer arrived on scene he noticed the offending driver wearing a T-shirt that read 'drunken monkey' on the front of it," Woolley said. "If there was truth in advertising, this was it." The driver of the Honda blew double the limit for alcohol and was also found to be in possession of a bag of marijuana.

 

 

- Four minutes later, at Hwys. 404 and 401, police found another drunk driving up on the guard rails. "He told the officer he just wanted to turn right," Woolley said.

 

- A 42-year-old Toronto man tried to evade a RIDE program on the shoulder just north of Finch Ave. on Hwy. 400.

 

"He threw the car in reverse and started driving back up the highway," Woolley said. "And actually he was wanted by Toronto Police for failing to provide breath sample."

 

- An off-duty officer on his way home noticed a 31-year-old Mississauga woman slaloming her Cadillac through traffic at speeds of up to 170 km/h on westbound Hwy. 401 near Milton. "As she got off at an exit ramp and approached the red light the off-duty officer caught up with her," Woolley said. "She told the officer she was late for dinner."

 

Drivers

[Chalkie Gerzowski]

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