Northwest Territories are launching a month-long sting operation to catch impaired drivers in December.
Called Operation Gingerbread, the exercise will involve traffic stops and roadside checkstops throughout the NWT to ensure drivers are sober behind the wheel.
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In the NWT, drivers caught with between .05 and .08 blood alcohol content will automatically lose their licences for 24 hours on a first offence or 30 days on repeat offences within a two-year period. New drivers caught with any alcohol in their system automatically have their licence suspended for 30 days.
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If someone is killed in an impaired driving incident and a person is convicted of that offence, their driving privileges are suspended for a minimum of five years.
On Oct. 8, a man was killed in a single-vehicle collision related to impaired driving on the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway just outside of Inuvik.. The driver of the vehicle has been charged.
However, the volume of impaired driving complaints in Inuvik has dropped exponentially. According to the November report to Inuvik Town Council, in 2021 responded to 289 complaints of impaired driving. As of this year, have only responded to 89 complaints.
Halstead encouraged anyone who suspects someone is driving impaired to report the incident to police immediately.
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