May 12-18, 2015 will mark Canada Road Safety Week, a national campaign aimed at making Canada’s roads the safest in the world. Motorists are reminded to drive safe and be alert this long weekend as they begin their summer travels.

The Unity/Wilkie/Macklin RCMP detachment will be actively supporting this traffic safety initiative. Expect to see police officers out and about conducting traffic stops pursuant to The Saskatchewan Traffic Safety Act this week.

Sgt. Grant Rusk also wants “to remind the motoring public that the speed limit when passing — both oncoming and overtaking stopped on roadside — emergency vehicles with their lights activated is 60 kilometres an hour. Tickets for violations of this speed limit start at $210 plus a $60 victim surcharge.

The tagline for Canada Road Safety week is “Drive safe. The life you save may be your own!” Drivers are encouraged to be sober and alert, ensure occupants are buckled up and children properly secured, remain focused on their driving and not be distracted when behind the wheel and to obey posted speed limits.

Below – an early evening traffic stop on Highway 21, north of Unity, SK